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Category: RealEarth

Pyrocumulonimbus clouds produced by wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta

10-minute GOES-18 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) + Fire Power derived product (a component of the GOES Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm FDCA), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm), “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) and Day Land Cloud Fire RGB images (above) showed a wildfire east of Fort Nelson (CYYE) in far northeastern British Columbia that produced 3 consecutive pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud pulses late... Read More

Sentinel 2A views Vermont Flooding

Vermont was hit with its worst flooding in over a century, making it one of the worst natural disasters in the state’s history. Rains dumped up to nine inches from Monday, July 9 and into Tuesday, July 10, 2023. Major roads and highways were shut down, and more than 200 rescues... Read More

Tropical Storm Mocha in the Bay of Bengal

The storm system named ‘Mocha’ is brewing in the Bay of Bengal and was upgraded to tropical storm status earlier today. Mocha began as a deep depression in in the southeast Bay of Bengal. It is forecasted to continue moving north and gain strength, predicted to become a typhoon within... Read More