Santa Coloma de Queralt (old)

General information

Category
Wildfire
Fire classification
PyroCb
Country
Catalunya, Spain
Year
2021

The Santa Coloma de Queralt wildfire originated in a cereal field, and the presence of a moderate west wind contributed to its rapid spread. The incursion of the fire into the forest mass served to augment its intensity, with the advent of pyroconvective phenomena (overshooting PyroCu). On the second day of the fire, following an intense period of propagation, the transition to PyroCB occurred.

Fire behaviour and surface observations

Start location lat41.145880 deg N
Start location lon0.265921 deg E
Start location nameBatea, Catalonia
Start hour11/05/2024 15:11:01 (UTC)
Surface affected445 ha
Fire behaviorSurface, high intensity
Torching head70 %
Torching flanks40 %
Flame length mean head3.0 m
Flame length max head15.0 m
Flame length mean flanks1.5 m
Flame length max flanks10 m
Spotting mean35 m
Spotting max800 m
Rate of spread mean800 m/h
Rate of spread max2900 m/h
Burn ratio mean40 ha/h
Burn ratio max100 ha/h

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Balloon soundings

Fire surface data

Modelling

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