Europe is currently facing some of its most intense wildfires, with experts highlighting the role of pyrocumulonimbus clouds, or fire clouds, in worsening these blazes. These clouds are a rare weather phenomenon generated by the fires themselves.
Wildfires typically spread under hot, dry, and windy conditions, but severe fires can create their own weather systems. Pyrocumulonimbus clouds represent the most extreme form of these fire-generated storms.
As France and Spain battle some of the worst wildfires in recent history, experts have warned of an unprecedented phenomenon that could exacerbate the effects of the blazes: pyrocumulonimbus, or “fire clouds”.
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Wildfires often spread when hot, windy and dry conditions coalesce but severe wildfires can generate their own unique weather systems. One of the most striking examples of this are pyrocumulonimbus clouds, or fire-generated thunderstorms, which are the most severe form of fire clouds.
Here is what you need to know about them.
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