WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PYROCB REGISTER

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This is the list of western Australian (non-tropical) fire thunderstorm / pyrocumulonimbus / pyroCb events. There are 29 entries.
These form when a fire couples with the atmosphere above the LCL, as a result of deep flaming and an unstable profile.

The data here are the result of a collaborative global effort since 2003: Mike Fromm, Rick McRae, Rene Servrackx, Andrew Tupper, Jason Sharples, Colin Seftor, Dan Lindsay, Dave Peterson, Zachary Esch, Kevin Tory and others in the PyroCb discussion group.
This list is maintained by Adjunct Professor Rick McRae, UNSW Canberra, Bushfire Research Group at ADFA.
Any new information relevant to these events, or to others not in the register, should be forwarded to r.mcrae@unsw.edu.au

The last entry is for January, 2021.

Update 22 Feb 2022: Thanks to Dr Colin Seftor, NASA OMPS, we have used N7 TOMS AI data to show that on Ash Wednesday, 16 Feb 1983, there were pyroCbs from both the Adelaide Hills Fire (1983a) and the fire near Lorne (1983b). This potential was indicated by research into the precursor drought.
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ID	EVENT	YEAR	DATE (dd/mm/yyyy)	STATE	LOCATION	LONGITUDE	LATITUDE	LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE
1991a	1991 (08 Jan) WA: Peak Charles	1991	08/01/1991	WA	Peak Charles	121.1	-32.8	High
1994a	1994 (23 Jan) WA: WSW Kalgoorlie	1994	23/01/1994	WA	WSW Kalgoorlie	120	-32	Moderate
2001a	2001 (18 Jan) WA: Splinter Rock	2001	18/01/2001	WA	Splinter Rock	122.9	-33.1	Very high
2003a	2003 (10 Jan) WA: Mount Cooke	2003	10/01/2003	WA	Mount Cooke	116.3	-32.4	Very high
2010a	2010 (18 Feb) WA: Esperance	2010	18/02/2010	WA	Esperance	122.2	-33.1	Very high
2012a	2012 (18 Oct) WA: Deserts	2012	18/10/2012	WA	Deserts	125.1	-27.3	Very high
2012b	2012 (18 Oct) WA: Deserts	2012	18/10/2012	WA	Deserts	124.8	-26.5	Very high
2012c	2012 (18 Oct) WA: Deserts	2012	18/10/2012	WA	Deserts	126.7	-27.4	Very high
2012d	2012 (18 Oct) WA: Deserts	2012	18/10/2012	WA	Deserts	126	-27.6	Very high
2012e	2012 (18 Oct) WA: Deserts	2012	18/10/2012	WA	Deserts	126.7	-28.3	Very high
2012f	2012 (29 Oct) WA: Deserts	2012	29/10/2012	WA	Deserts	122.8	-28.5	Very high
2016a	2016 (06 Jan) WA: Waroona	2016	06/01/2016	WA	Waroona	116	-32.9	Very high
2016b	2016 (07 Jan) WA: Waroona	2016	07/01/2016	WA	Waroona	116	-32.9	Very high
2016c	2016 (07 Jan) WA: Waroona	2016	07/01/2016	WA	Waroona	116	-32.9	Very high
2016f	2016 (07 Dec) WA: Cocklebiddy	2016	07/12/2016	WA	Cocklebiddy	126	-32.1	Very high
2017b	2017 (08 Nov) WA: Table Hill	2017	08/11/2017	WA	Table Hill	117.02	-34.65	Very high
2017c	2017 (08 Nov) WA: Table Hill	2017	08/11/2017	WA	Table Hill	117.16	-34.69	Very high
2019d	2019 (27 Feb) WA: Goldfields	2019	27/02/2019	WA	Goldfields	120.7	-32.5	Very high
2019e	2019 (27 Feb) WA: Goldfields	2019	27/02/2019	WA	Goldfields	122.7	-33	Very high
2019f	2019 (27 Feb) WA: Goldfields	2019	27/02/2019	WA	Goldfields	122.7	-33	Very high
2019g	2019 (01 Mar) WA: Goldfields	2019	01/03/2019	WA	Goldfields	124.5	-24.5	Very high
2019h	2019 (01 Mar) WA: Goldfields	2019	01/03/2019	WA	Goldfields	124.3	-28.5	Very high
2019y	2019 (18 Dec) WA: Esperance	2019	18/12/2019	WA	Esperance	120	-32.6	Very high
2020f	2020 (08 Jan) WA: Belladonia	2020	08/01/2020	WA	Belladonia	123.2	-32.7	Very high
2020g	2020 (08 Jan) WA: Belladonia	2020	08/01/2020	WA	Belladonia	123.9	-33.1	Very high
2020h	2020 (08 Jan) WA: Bald Rock Fire	2020	08/01/2020	WA	Bald Rock Fire	119.6	-32.5	Moderate
2020i	2020 (08 Jan) WA: Lake King Fire	2020	08/01/2020	WA	Lake King Fire	120	-33	Moderate
2020j	2020 (08 Jan) WA: Wingarnie	2020	08/01/2020	WA	Wingarnie	121.6	-31.9	Moderate
2021a	2021 (23 Jan) WA: Balladonia	2021	23/01/2021	WA	Balladonia	123.52	-32.05	Very high

Notes:

Dates are formatted "dd/mm/yyyy".
Event names are descriptive and not neccessarily related to fire names.
Lats/longs cannot be precise due to the large scale of pyroCbs and the fires that create them.
Levels of confidence: Very high indicates good satellite, weather and fire data.
High indicates generally not the full suite of data, but enough to describe and confirm the event
Moderate indicates that there is some ambiguity in the determination - and that more data might help.