Pyrocumulonimbus clouds spawned by the KNP Complex wildfire in California
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The KNP Complex wildfire continued to burn in central California on 04 October 2021, producing a pair of pyrocumulonimbus or pyroCb clouds — one during the atypical late morning hours (beginning around 1530 UTC, or 11:30 am PDT) and the other during the more typical late afternoon hours (beginning around 2130 UTC, or... Read More