10-minute JMA Himawari-9 AHI “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed the formation of 2 pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) clouds spawned by a wildfire in Sichuan Province, China on 16 March 2024. The initial (smaller, shorter-lived) pyroCb developed at 0820 UTC —... Read More