"The plume of ash from the mega-fire at #Ribaute in the #Aude region has been clearly visible in satellite imagery since dawn.
An area of high cloud is moving in from the north-west. The Tramontane will weaken and a sea breeze regime will set in.
#Smoke from the Canadian fires is affecting more of western Europe." (source: Keraunos.org 06/08 13:52)

A good example that #wildfires influence more than one country or regional weather only.

#ClimateCrisis #Canada #France #clouds

"There are 747 active wildfires currently burning across Canada, with 507 – over two-thirds – of them out-of-control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC), a non-profit organization that is owned by government agencies, including 165 in Manitoba, 134 in British Columbia, and 111 in Northwest Territories."
#ClimateCrisis #canada #wildfires
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/05/wildfires-canada-us-air-quality-alerts

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is weakly visible in the early evening skies over north Wales at the moment. It will become much more evident, probably with quite a red sunset, later this evening.

Image shows organic material smoke optical thickness at 550nm (earth.nullschool).

#weather #wildfires #sky #science #canada

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is weakly visible in the early evening skies over north Wales at the moment. It will become much more evident, probably with quite a red sunset, later this evening.

Image shows organic material smoke optical thickness at 550nm (earth.nullschool).

#weather #wildfires #sky #science #canada

"There are 747 active wildfires currently burning across Canada, with 507 – over two-thirds – of them out-of-control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC), a non-profit organization that is owned by government agencies, including 165 in Manitoba, 134 in British Columbia, and 111 in Northwest Territories."
#ClimateCrisis #canada #wildfires
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/05/wildfires-canada-us-air-quality-alerts