In this training session, Dr Kevin Tory (Bureau of Meteorology) shares his insights behind creating and using the PyrcoCb Firepower Threshold (PFT), a tool for pyrocumulonimbus prediction.

Dr Tory provides an explanation of plume behaviour that he discovered while creating the PFT, introduces the tool, demonstrates its pyrocumulonimbus prediction potential, and explains how to manually calculate the PFT.

Plume modelling has been utilised to study pyrocumulonimbus clouds in the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC project Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact. To learn more about Dr Tory and the rest of the team's research visit the project page.