Most recently, researchers discovered a cloud of soot and ash particles over Leipzig.
A weather phenomenon also seems to be looming over Cologne.
The background is devastating.
A milky veil in the sky was last seen in Leipzig.
There are devastating backgrounds behind the weather * phenomenon over Germany.
The veil should also be seen in Cologne.
Cologne - The devastating
forest fires
on the west coast of the
USA
, which have raged since August, presented the fire brigade with a great challenge.
Huge areas of land have
already been destroyed
in
California
and in the neighboring states of
Oregon
and
Washington
, and the fires have already claimed dozens of lives.
The west coast sky has been covered in a cloud of smoke for days.
Weather phenomenon: Milky veil over Germany - the background
As
"wetteronline.de"
reports, the smoke column from a fire in the
state of California has reached
a record height of 17 kilometers. The
jet stream
would carry smoke particles across the Atlantic to
Germany
, as satellite images from NASA show. That the haze is already in Germany has arrived, were also confirmed by measurements from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS).
As TROPOS writes in an article on the official homepage, Rauch has been moving from California to
Germany
since September 11th
.
Measuring devices from TROPOS showed a layer of dust
floating
over
Leipzig
.
From a height of ten to twelve kilometers, this has then dropped to five to ten kilometers.
As the institute further explained, soot and ash particles can
lead
to the formation of so-called
fire
clouds via sources of
fire
.
The heat ultimately ensures that these clouds can rise to great heights.
Experts speak of
pyrocumulus
and
pyrocumulonimbus clouds
, which can even rise below the stratosphere.
"In the upper troposphere and stratosphere, these particles can then travel for a long time, similar to the ash from volcanic eruptions, and with the high-altitude winds they can cover great distances across the
continents
," says Dr.
Holger Baars from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research said.
The effects?
The sunlight is weakened and ultimately becomes
noticeable
through a
milky sky
.
# Cloud researchers see the effects of # forest fires - today @mittagsmagazin im @DasErste: https://t.co/TSDGNpq1Kf / #WestCoastFires #CaliforniaFires #OregonFires / US- # Waldbrand- # Rauch über #Germany / #PollyNet #lidar @ TROPOS_de @LeibnizWGL @ACTRISRI @ActrisEarlinet #EU_RI
- TROPOS (@TROPOS_de) September 22, 2020
Weather phenomenon over Germany: Milky veil over Cologne
On Tuesday (September 22nd) the
weather phenomenon could be seen
in the form of a milky veil over Cologne, as reported by
"express.de"
among others
. The phenomenon is not a novelty. The Leibniz Institute was able to for tropospheric research after the devastating forest fires in
Australia
to
prove
the smoke over
Chile
. He had covered more than 10,000 kilometers across the Pacific. Meanwhile there is a forecast for the first snow for Germany. *
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen network (mbr)
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