Evolution of a pyrocumulonimbus event associated with an extreme wildfire in Tasmania, Australia

Ndalila, Mercy N.; Williamson, Grant J.; Fox-Hughes, Paul; Sharples, Jason; Bowman, David M. J. S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-1497-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-1497-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-1497-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 5

Research article

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27 May 2020

Research article |

| 27 May 2020

Evolution of a pyrocumulonimbus event associated with an extreme wildfire in Tasmania, Australia

Mercy N. Ndalila, Grant J. Williamson, Paul Fox-Hughes, Jason Sharples, and David M. J. S. Bowman

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RC1: 'Review of 'Evolution of an extreme Pyrocumulonimbus-driven wildfire event in Tasmania, Australia'', Paulo Fernandes, 11 Jan 2020
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer report - Paul Fernandes', Mercy Ndalila, 21 Mar 2020
SC1: 'Comment on "Evolution of an extreme Pyrocumulonimbus-driven wildfire event in Tasmania, Australia"', Adrien Guyot, 22 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Short comment- Adrien Guyot', Mercy Ndalila, 21 Mar 2020
RC2: 'nhess-2019-354 review', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Jan 2020
- AC3: 'Response to Referee 2- Anonymous', Mercy Ndalila, 21 Mar 2020
RC3: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 13 Feb 2020
- AC4: 'Response to Referee 3- Anonymous', Mercy Ndalila, 21 Mar 2020
AC1: 'Response to Short comment- Adrien Guyot', Mercy Ndalila, 21 Mar 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (29 Mar 2020) by Ricardo Trigo

AR by Mercy Ndalila on behalf of the Authors (30 Mar 2020)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 Apr 2020) by Ricardo Trigo

RR by Paulo Fernandes (06 Apr 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 Apr 2020)

ED: Publish as is (18 Apr 2020) by Ricardo Trigo

AR by Mercy Ndalila on behalf of the Authors (29 Apr 2020)

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We analyse the evolution of a pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb), or fire-induced thunderstorm, during the Forcett–Dunalley fire on 4 January 2013 and relate it to the prevailing fire weather and fire severity patterns. We show that the pyroCb reached an altitude of 15 km, was associated with elevated fire weather, and formed over a severely burned area. Additionally, we show that eastern Tasmania is prone to elevated fire weather which has implications for fire weather forecasting and fire management.