Friday, July 31, 2026

Pyrocumulonimbus a lot of fire in France not much in the rest of the world


The cumulonimbus flammagenitus cloud (CbFg), also known as the pyrocumulonimbus cloud (PyroCb), is a type of cumulonimbus cloud that forms above a source of heat, such as a wildfire, nuclear explosion, or volcanic eruption,[5] and may sometimes even extinguish the fire that formed it.[6] It is the most extreme manifestation of a flammagenitus cloud. According to the American Meteorological Society’s Glossary of Meteorology, a flammagenitus is "a cumulus cloud formed by a rising thermal from a fire, or enhanced by buoyant plume emissions from an industrial combustion process.



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