tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504590244895370431.post6525744537628583629..comments2024-02-05T22:27:54.404-08:00Comments on Eclectic Arcania: Rim Fire Pyrocumulus ExplainedKim Noyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01643573806408986092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504590244895370431.post-17821715295986627802013-08-23T09:58:21.088-07:002013-08-23T09:58:21.088-07:00Dan,
You are quite correct! There certainly are ...Dan, <br /><br />You are quite correct! There certainly are better and more academic explanations of pyrocumulus clouds out there. However, this one being specific to the Rim Fire I felt it more useful in conveying to people what it is they are seeing with this fire and not some example in Montana in 2002 or similar. Kim Noyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643573806408986092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504590244895370431.post-69892290628573069542013-08-23T07:48:37.356-07:002013-08-23T07:48:37.356-07:00Funny as he's explaining that the red is hot a...Funny as he's explaining that the red is hot and the orange and yellow are less hot, and how that is a map of the heat put off by the fire, you can clearly see the caption on the photo that explains that it is a map of when the fire was active in those area, 0-6 hours, 6-12, 12-24, and up to six days.<br /><br />Now, functionally it still works a bit like he explains, if there is a large area of active fire in the past 6-12 hours there is more heat being produced in a smaller period of time, but those yellow and orange areas are no longer putting off any heat... they already burned.<br /><br />Nice picture of the cloud though!Dan Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525694507337403976noreply@blogger.com