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Old April 24th 10, 09:36 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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"Donwill" wrote in message
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On 24/04/2010 08:18, David Allan wrote:
The current (0700) visible satelite image of the UK shows southern
England
covered in what appears to be contrails. If this is what they are,
then I've
never seen quite that many show up like this on what is a fairly
low
resolution weather photograph...
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_vis.html

Regards... David Allan.



Many, many contrails, a higher concentration that I've seen before
at approx 5.30 this morning looking NE from Oswestry, I think they
were heading South, from Manchester, Liverpool and all airports
North.
Don



.... I agree: undoubtedly, there is a good deal of 'natural' cloud in
and rearward of the upper trough axis, but when I looked out this
morning (~0500Z), the sky was covered with newly-formed contrails, and
we now have complete cover of what looks to be the result of those +
of course the aforementioned tropospheric cirriform cloud.

A marked contrast to a few days ago before Willie Walsh pointed his
aircraft at London and said .... " I'm coming in "!

Martin.


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