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Airplane's contrails do not form clouds; they dissipate soon after they are formed.

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What do you call the tracks in the sky from airplanes?

Condensation trails or 'con trails'.


Why are airplanes leaving trails of a white substance in the skies around the world that last for hours and seem to form clouds?

Because those trails are clouds. The airplane's wing sheds low pressure vortexes from their tips, the low pressure encourages condensation of water vapor to form the small droplets of water that make up clouds. The airplane's jet engines emit lots of water vapor in their exhaust. Often at the very cold temperatures where these airplanes fly (above 30,000 feet) the water droplets in these clouds freeze, becoming ice and making the clouds last much longer.


What is the name of the clouds that airplanes make when they release water into the atmosphere?

Airplanes do not release water into the atmosphere. Those cloudlike trails that you see following aircraft are called "contrails" and they are caused by the agitation of the air by the aircraft passing through it, causing water molecules suspended in the air to collide and join to create droplets.


What kind of clouds are contrail?

Contrails are clouds that appear behind aircrafts. Contrails are long, thin, man-made clouds that are essentially vapor trails. These vapor trails are created by a change in water vapor or changes in air pressure.


What is the names of the main clouds?

Cirrus: "Mares Tails" long, thin, and wispy Stratus: gray and cover most of the sky, often look like fog Cumulus: look like cotton balls Cumulonimbus: thundercloud Contrails: condensation trails left from planes


Do airplanes make clouds?

Yes, very small ones. Airplanes leave contrails at high altitude. This is actually a small cloud formed by the effect of the aircraft disturbing the air. But an airplane does not create the large clouds that you see in the sky.


How high off the ground are clouds?

The main cloud that makes snow is the Cumulonimbus cloud. The bases of these clouds are low, about 2000ft from the ground. This cloud however, is very tall, the top can reach 20,000 to 60,000ft. Cumulonimbus are not the only cloud capable of making snow, Nimbostratus and Cumulus clouds can also produce snow, all of their bases are relatively low. Cumulonimbus clouds do not always make snow though, the main weather that they bring are thunderstorms.


What are the lyrics to Happy Trails To You?

Happy trails to you, Until we meet again. Happy trails to you, Keep smiling until then. Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather. Happy trails to you, Till we meet again.


What are the lines made of after a plane passes overhead?

Water vapor; they are basically artificial clouds formed by the wings.=======================They are called con trails.


What happened immediately after 91101 that confirmed scientists ideas about global dimming?

After 9/11, all airtrafic was temporarily grounded. The jet trails of the airplanes is considerable and added to the reflected sunlight of the atmosphere. During this brief absence of jet trails, it was observered to have a slightly higher UV index.


What do you call the long streams jet planes leave in the sky?

Contrails (short for "condensation trails") or vapour trails are artificial clouds that are the visible trails of condensed water vapour made by the exhaust of aircraft engines. As the hot exhaust gases cool in the surrounding air they may precipitate a cloud of microscopic water droplets. If the air is cold enough, this trail will comprise tiny ice crystals.


Why are they spraying chem trails world wide in our skies?

Chemtrails are not a real phenomenon; contrails, or condensation trails, are the streaks of clouds that form behind airplanes at high altitudes in certain atmospheric conditions. They are formed when hot, humid air from aircraft engines mixes with colder air in the atmosphere, causing water vapor to condense into droplets. Contrails are a normal byproduct of air travel and have no evidence of deliberate spraying of harmful chemicals.