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Contrails and clouds

goodevans

Member
I will bring this up again but I am a real believer that contrails seed clouds,today being a perfect example.Please all look tomorrow and see what I mean
 

Pan mixer

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Near Colchester
Yesterday and today (earlier before we had other clouds) the sky was so blue that I took a picture.

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We live under what is usually a major corridor for air travel, in the evenings an average of about 8 planes can be seen at once and sometimes up to 15.

There hadn't been any for a while before this picture was taken.

My cows are still belching at the same rate that they usually do though.
 

anzani

Member
One factor would be the noticable efficiency in movements. The volume is now so small that nearly every flight gets strait in, no stacks,no go-arounds and simpler routes out, strait to the destination heading.Many of the flights out of Heathrow going to 'cheaper' parking elsewhere, Hurn for example.
 

Bald Rick

Moderator
Moderator
Location
Anglesey
Lying in my bath earlier this evening and saw a plane flying .

Thought to myself “you badtards”

Although I expect a rush back to flying when this is eventually over
 

Macsky

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Highland
I will bring this up again but I am a real believer that contrails seed clouds,today being a perfect example.Please all look tomorrow and see what I mean
Totally agree with this, although sometimes they don’t seem to have an effect, other times I’ve seen a lovely clear morning clouded over with clouds definitely seeming to grow out of the contrails, really annoying. If you watch the trails, they just seem to grow and grow and join up into a general haze, with no natural looking clouds about, spoiling a clear day, which isn’t a common thing in these parts.

We’ve only really had a couple of clear days since the planes stopped, and to me at least the sky has been as clear as I’ve seen it.
 

Gong Farmer

Member
BASIS
Location
S E Glos
Totally agree with this, although sometimes they don’t seem to have an effect, other times I’ve seen a lovely clear morning clouded over with clouds definitely seeming to grow out of the contrails, really annoying. If you watch the trails, they just seem to grow and grow and join up into a general haze, with no natural looking clouds about, spoiling a clear day, which isn’t a common thing in these parts.

We’ve only really had a couple of clear days since the planes stopped, and to me at least the sky has been as clear as I’ve seen it.
Yes, contrails can become clouds though meteorologists refuse to accept this.
 

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