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Old April 24th 10, 07:58 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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On Apr 24, 9:36*am, "Martin Rowley"
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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.


All looks to be tied in with the direction I would take if I were an
Icelandic ash cloud.
I suppose if I was an airline though, I'd come down in favour of ash
deposits and passenger cheques than safety and returning passenger's
deposits.

And if I was an airliner, I'd be spitting feathers too.

What larks!