NASA Aircraft Deploys to Study Wildfire-Generated Storm Clouds in British Columbia

A NASA ER-2 research aircraft is flying over British Columbia wildfires to study pyrocumulonimbus clouds. These clouds, formed by intense smoke and heat, can produce rain, lightning, and fire tornadoes. The mission aims to measure and map these developing storms in real-time, which will help scientists improve forecasts for these dangerous wildfire-generated weather events.