#updrafts

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

When Fires Make Rain

The intense heat from wildfires fuels updrafts, lifting smoke and vapor into the atmosphere. As the plume rises, water vapor cools and condenses around particles (including ash particles) to form cloud droplets. (Image credit: L. Dauphin; via NASA Earth Observatory) Read the full article

[fieriframes]

[A man standing in a kitchen. Caption: ...concentrated in the updrafts in the enormous sea of clouds.]