‘Nuclear’ burn-off
A big controlled burnoff at the Balmoral State forest yesterday caused a spectacular atmospheric phenomenon. As great palls of smoke rose two miles into the air, the uprush of hot air from the blaze formed a mushroom - shaped pyrocumulus cloud.
The cloud stood out, like the result of a nuclear blast, in the otherwise cloudless sky, and the
Christchurch Weather Office and the Fire Service were deluged with inquiries. A Weather Office spokesman said the phenomenon was rare. It occurred in still conditions, when smoke and heat from a big fire rose very high into the air. Yesterday’s pyrocumulus cloud hung above the forest for several hours.
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