Beautiful day in Seattle yesterday, except for the large pyrocumulus cloud rising beyond the Columbia Center Bldg on the right. That is the Little Giant fire burning near Lake Wenatchee
📸Theresa Arbow O'Conner
📸Theresa Arbow O'Conner
July 25, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Beautiful day in Seattle yesterday, except for the large pyrocumulus cloud rising beyond the Columbia Center Bldg on the right. That is the Little Giant fire burning near Lake Wenatchee
📸Theresa Arbow O'Conner
📸Theresa Arbow O'Conner
January 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
lightning in the pyrocumulus visible from Wangaratta
January 8, 2026 at 7:28 AM
lightning in the pyrocumulus visible from Wangaratta
Pyrocumulus clouds and smoke plumes billow from wildfires in Canada.
May 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Pyrocumulus clouds and smoke plumes billow from wildfires in Canada.
The #MonroeFire had a hell of a pyrocumulus this afternoon.
July 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The #MonroeFire had a hell of a pyrocumulus this afternoon.
Pyrocumulus cloud from the Little Giant fire near Lake Wenatchee, as seen from Lake Stevens, Washington nearly 60 miles away.
📸Benjamin Jurkovich
📸Benjamin Jurkovich
July 25, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Pyrocumulus cloud from the Little Giant fire near Lake Wenatchee, as seen from Lake Stevens, Washington nearly 60 miles away.
📸Benjamin Jurkovich
📸Benjamin Jurkovich
Wow. What an incredible view of the Cottonwood Fire yesterday evening.
Remarkable resolution of a robust pyrocumulus plume.
Remarkable resolution of a robust pyrocumulus plume.
June 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Wow. What an incredible view of the Cottonwood Fire yesterday evening.
Remarkable resolution of a robust pyrocumulus plume.
Remarkable resolution of a robust pyrocumulus plume.
…diverse tipologie (e stadi) di nubi convettive:
1. Convective Plume (simile a un cumulo Castellano)
2. Pyrocumulus (simile ad un cumulo congesto)
3. Resilinent Pyrocumulus (più sviluppato e dutaturo)
4. Pyrocumulonibus (massimo stadio, come un temporale).
1. Convective Plume (simile a un cumulo Castellano)
2. Pyrocumulus (simile ad un cumulo congesto)
3. Resilinent Pyrocumulus (più sviluppato e dutaturo)
4. Pyrocumulonibus (massimo stadio, come un temporale).
July 30, 2026 at 5:07 PM
…diverse tipologie (e stadi) di nubi convettive:
1. Convective Plume (simile a un cumulo Castellano)
2. Pyrocumulus (simile ad un cumulo congesto)
3. Resilinent Pyrocumulus (più sviluppato e dutaturo)
4. Pyrocumulonibus (massimo stadio, come un temporale).
1. Convective Plume (simile a un cumulo Castellano)
2. Pyrocumulus (simile ad un cumulo congesto)
3. Resilinent Pyrocumulus (più sviluppato e dutaturo)
4. Pyrocumulonibus (massimo stadio, come un temporale).
Spectacular image of the pyrocumulus cloud above Etna volcano after this week's eruption. WOW.
2015
Photograph by Giuseppe Famiani.
2015
Photograph by Giuseppe Famiani.
December 5, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Spectacular image of the pyrocumulus cloud above Etna volcano after this week's eruption. WOW.
2015
Photograph by Giuseppe Famiani.
2015
Photograph by Giuseppe Famiani.
The Pyrocumulus cloud over the Wildcat fire, which filled the area with smoke and knocked us off the PCT this week. Taken from Goat Rocks, a handful of miles South on the PCT from White Pass.
September 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The Pyrocumulus cloud over the Wildcat fire, which filled the area with smoke and knocked us off the PCT this week. Taken from Goat Rocks, a handful of miles South on the PCT from White Pass.
A cumulus trifecta in SE Michigan today: cumulus, altocumulus, and cirrocumulus. Just missing cumulonimbus and pyrocumulus.
August 18, 2026 at 11:28 PM
A cumulus trifecta in SE Michigan today: cumulus, altocumulus, and cirrocumulus. Just missing cumulonimbus and pyrocumulus.
A #stunning pyrocumulus cloud billowing thousands of feet above Washington's Sourdough Fire on August 4, 2023. The awe-inspiring result of an unfortunate event (a lightning strike.)🔥
#Sunday #stunday #EastCoastKin
#clouds #wildfire #sky #cloudscape#scape #photography
#Sunday #stunday #EastCoastKin
#clouds #wildfire #sky #cloudscape#scape #photography
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A #stunning pyrocumulus cloud billowing thousands of feet above Washington's Sourdough Fire on August 4, 2023. The awe-inspiring result of an unfortunate event (a lightning strike.)🔥
#Sunday #stunday #EastCoastKin
#clouds #wildfire #sky #cloudscape#scape #photography
#Sunday #stunday #EastCoastKin
#clouds #wildfire #sky #cloudscape#scape #photography
A Pyrocumulus Cloud at Sunset. #pyrocumuluscloud #pyrocumulus #cloud #clouds #sunsetclouds #sunset #landscapephotography #photographer #ibechowen #colorado #frontrange
May 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A Pyrocumulus Cloud at Sunset. #pyrocumuluscloud #pyrocumulus #cloud #clouds #sunsetclouds #sunset #landscapephotography #photographer #ibechowen #colorado #frontrange
An interesting, if unfortunate, sight flying over Montana yesterday on the way home. Apparently a big wildfire sending plumes of smoke skyward. As it reaches high enough, the cold upper air causes the rising smoke to form pyrocumulus and pyrocumulonimbus clouds. #Wx
July 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
An interesting, if unfortunate, sight flying over Montana yesterday on the way home. Apparently a big wildfire sending plumes of smoke skyward. As it reaches high enough, the cold upper air causes the rising smoke to form pyrocumulus and pyrocumulonimbus clouds. #Wx
Saw the first pyrocumulus cloud of my life last night, over Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, from Botany Bay on Vancouver Island. Our plans to camp at Cowichan Lake yesterday got aborted because a big wildfire erupted northwest of us, bringing an AQI spike of 250. Life in the Pyrocene!
August 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Saw the first pyrocumulus cloud of my life last night, over Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, from Botany Bay on Vancouver Island. Our plans to camp at Cowichan Lake yesterday got aborted because a big wildfire erupted northwest of us, bringing an AQI spike of 250. Life in the Pyrocene!
Whoa. My sis just sent me this - a pyrocumulus eruption above a fire 50km away.
January 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Whoa. My sis just sent me this - a pyrocumulus eruption above a fire 50km away.
« Pyrocumulus ».. j’ai encore appris quèque chose…😳
Pyrocumulus clouds from wildfire in Fraser Canyon loom high over B.C.
Pyrocumulus clouds from wildfire in Fraser Canyon loom high over B.C. | Globalnews.ca
BC Wildfire Service said the Anderson Creek fire was discovered by aircraft responding to one of the other nearby fires on Tuesday and it quickly flared up, fanned by strong winds.
globalnews.ca
July 23, 2026 at 12:44 PM
« Pyrocumulus ».. j’ai encore appris quèque chose…😳
#skyscape #landscape #scape #wildfires #wildfire #wilderness #desertphotography #desert #desertscape #pyrocumulus #pyrocumulonimbus #drama #clouds #cloudscape #art #eastcoastkin #greatbasin #middleofnowhere #skullvalley #wanderlust #westcoastkin #photographersofbluesky
#photographersunited #smArtist
#photographersunited #smArtist
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Wow…quite a pyrocumulus cloud coming off the #BearGulchFire on the Olympic Peninsula this evening. The fire is going nuclear tonight with the hot and dry conditions… #wawx
September 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Wow…quite a pyrocumulus cloud coming off the #BearGulchFire on the Olympic Peninsula this evening. The fire is going nuclear tonight with the hot and dry conditions… #wawx
Pyrocumulus clouds.
Cool!
Yeah, no. 🔥
Cool!
Yeah, no. 🔥
June 21, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Pyrocumulus clouds.
Cool!
Yeah, no. 🔥
Cool!
Yeah, no. 🔥
Severe thunderstorm incoming, high wind gusts, 45 degrees c today, 45 degrees c tomorrow. And a predicted SE wind change at 10pm
Can see pyrocumulus from both the Merton and Corryong fires
Can see pyrocumulus from both the Merton and Corryong fires
January 8, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Severe thunderstorm incoming, high wind gusts, 45 degrees c today, 45 degrees c tomorrow. And a predicted SE wind change at 10pm
Can see pyrocumulus from both the Merton and Corryong fires
Can see pyrocumulus from both the Merton and Corryong fires
For the first time, and likely not the last, pyrocumulus clouds are plaguing France.
"The rising air cools and becomes a cloud, or fire cloud: a turbulent mass that can generate its own winds that worsen fires. If it becomes very large, it can even generate lightning."
These clouds are also seen during nuclear explosions and volcanic eruptions.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
These clouds are also seen during nuclear explosions and volcanic eruptions.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time
The gigantic wildfire ravaging southwest France has created an extremely dangerous "pyrocumulonimbus" -- a phenomenon never before seen in the country -- the spokesman for the country's National Firef...
www.france24.com
July 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
For the first time, and likely not the last, pyrocumulus clouds are plaguing France.