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Category: RealEarth

Above-Anvil Cirrus Plume (AACP) over Argentina

We are down for @RELAMPAGO2018, but #ARMCACTI just captured dual frequency radar observations of above anvil cirrus plume associated with an overshooting top @krisbedka @AtmoScientist @murillomojo pic.twitter.com/lC3GOPWCMu — Steve Nesbitt (@70_dbz) November 3, 2018 An Above-Anvil Cirrus Plume (AACP) was observed over northern Argentina on 03 November 2018 during the RELAMPAGO-CACTI field experiment... Read More

Pyrocumulonimbus cloud in South Africa

The Garden Route Fires had been burning since about 24 October 2018 near George along the southern coast of South Africa (media story). On 29 October, EUMETSAT Meteosat-11 High Resolution Visible (0.8 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.92 µm) and Longwave Infrared Window (10.8 µm) images (above) showed an elongated west-to-east oriented thermal... Read More