Carr Fire Vortex Sends Smoke and Ash to 17,000 Feet (IMAGE)

University of Nevada, Reno

Carr Fire Vortex Sends Smoke and Ash to 17,000 Feet

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This is a "3D rendering of radar reflectivity isosurfaces at 29 (red), 24 (orange), 20-10 (gray shades) dbZe. The vortex center locations are shown as the solid black line. The cloud base heights are shown as green contours."

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Graphic courtesy of University of Nevada, Reno

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