Pyrocumulonimbus clouds are thunderheads spawned by fires
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This isn’t an ordinary cloud. It’s a fire-generated thunderstorm, as seen from an airplane in 2019. Weather-watchers call this a pyrocumulonimbus cloud. Lightning strikes, strong winds, and even fire tornadoes spawned by pyrocumulonimbus clouds can, in turn, make wildfires worse. Image via NOAA.
What are pyrocumulonimbus clouds?
Most people have heard of cumulonimbus clouds, those towering thunderheads that bring storms with lightning, thunder, heavy rain, hail and sometimes tornadoe
What are pyrocumulonimbus clouds?
Most people have heard of cumulonimbus clouds, those towering thunderheads that bring storms with lightning, thunder, heavy rain, hail and sometimes tornadoe
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