Thursday, April 16, 2015

How Contrail Form into Milky Opaque Sheets

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Yesterday was a full day of persistent to spreading cirrus aviaticus clouds (contrails).  As the first line of east to west air traffic trav...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

It is Time for Professional Meteorologists to Step Up & Begin Forecasting the Big White Elephant in the Sky

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Over the last last 4 months I have attempted to forecast contrail events for Central Wisconsin. Untrained in meteorology and particularly in...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Contrail (Aviaticus Clouds) Forecast for Central Wisconsin: Great Day for Photography if You Want to Avoid Man-made Clouds

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A wide swath of dry upper air slightly streak with areas of moisture but without any distinct boundary lines will be over the Wisconsin Flyw...
Monday, April 13, 2015

A Time Frame Today For Contrail Formations in Central Wisconsin

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For the third day in a row the weather pattern has been from the southeast and rain clouds will push out this morning with mats of drier clo...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Why do Contrails (cirrus aviaticus) form into milky opaque sheets (cirrostratus aviaticus)?

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Never in history have we had so many airline flights.  37,000,000 scheduled flights last year and who knows how many unscheduled?  Aircraft...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

Contrail Forecast for Central Wisconsin & Spotting Near Invisible High Altitude Aircraft

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4/11/2015 7AM As a line and formation of commercial jets cross Lake Michigan tracking toward our general flyway in Central Wisconsin, I rus...
Friday, April 10, 2015

Light Contrail Formation Expected Today for Central Wisconsin Flyway, Nesting Box Prep Ends Today

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We are right on the cusp of some partial cloud clearing this afternoon with some breakup already apparent.  Patches of dry upper air also is...