“Now, for the first time, you can see one of these firestorms up close. Using high-resolution radar data, which picked up ash particles from smoke plumes and water droplets from clouds, The New York Times reconstructed a 3-D model of the Dixie fire’s first massive thunderclouds.” NYT with a remarkable visualization that let’s you See How the Dixie Fire Created Its Own Weather. (Mother Nature just created her own weather, and at long last, it’s raining in NorCal and fire season should be coming to an end. Time for the floods and mudslides!)