Pyrocumulonimbus cloud in northwestern Canada
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1-minute Mesoscale Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm), “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) and Fire Temperature RGB images (above) showed a wildfire just southwest of Yellowknife (CYZF) in Canada’s Northwest Territories, which produced a pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud during the afternoon hours on 12 July 2022.This large fire burned very hot,... Read More