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ruapaka
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:10 am Post Subject: 13 November - Marlborough |
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Kia ora all
The sky was busy over the Pelorus and Wairau valleys today (I was in Blenheim for part of the avo) I noticed the suspicious wispy cirrus scrawl mid morning and predicted a persistent trail or two would be seen, and sure enough .... images below ...
I need to thank Carus for alluding us to Scott Stevens in one of Crakka's topics. I have been and had a good look and read on his website ... I am looking at the clouds and trails with a little more discernment. I am left thinking most of what I see in the skies is un-natural ... grrrrr !! I believe one day some of the truth will be revealed and the rest of the truth we will not understand.
Back to today in Marlborough ...
Facing west from lower Pelorus Valley – 10:28am. Cirrus ‘waves’, messy scrawl – slow drift eastward. Clear to the west and south – that I could see.
Lower Pelorus Valley – facing north - 10:30am –first persistent trail (that I noticed and surmised due to conditions) over this area for the day ... one of many that followed.
Lower Pelorus Valley – facing north - 10:45am. Persistent trail No.2 for the day. Shadow apparent at spreading part of trail. Shifting sections of trail.
Lower Pelorus Valley – facing north - 11:11am. Another persistent trail with some serious distortion mid-way - first time I have observed a trail with this.
******** I seem to be missing an image here ... I am sure I uploaded it ?? I will retry and post when approved .. The image is of the front end of the trail in next image below ... *********
Lower Pelorus Valley – facing east - 11:23am. Persistent trail weaving through remnants of previous persistent trail. The new trail appears to disappear on contact with the old trail.
Lower Pelorus Valley – facing north - 11:33. And, yet another persistent trail. Inset showing segment overhead - differing states of dissipation.
Wairau Valley (at river) – facing east - 3:33pm. Unusual and un-natural looking cloud forms. Looks like some sort of energy wave going on around the upper part of cloud where plumes are protruding. |
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solohawke
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:18 am Post Subject: |
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| Great photo's thanks. We dont get much of these in hawkesbay, i have been looking. I think they spay more in the west due to prevailing winds, thats my theory anyway. |
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ruapaka
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:58 am Post Subject: |
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Here is that missing image ... an interesting one too, I think. The persistent trail is being laid under the old distorted one, .... yet .... back a bit to the south, the trail is weaving through the old trail (5th image in first posting and re-posted below). Maybe the aircraft altered its altitude during its flight???
Lower Pelorus Valley – facing north - 11:21am. Yet another persistent trail – under previous trail with distorted waves and shifting -- further south the new trail is weaving through the old trail.
Lower Pelorus Valley – facing east - 11:23am. Persistent trail weaving through remnants of previous persistent trail. The new trail appears to disappear on contact with the old trail.
Hey there Solohawk .... I appreciate the appreciation ... :-)
Your theory re the prevailing winds determining where we see high levels of activity in the skies - I have nursed that idea for some time ... but I am not convinced that the wind trends are the only reason for the unusual activity/cloud etc. ... jury still out on that one ... :? (the jury having probs deciding what to believe) |
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Crakka
Joined: 07 Aug 2008
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:03 am Post Subject: |
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| solohawke wrote: | | I think they spay more in the west due to prevailing winds, thats my theory anyway. |
| ruapaka wrote: | | ...I am not convinced that the wind trends are the only reason for the unusual activity/cloud etc. ... jury still out on that one... |
Given this a bit of thought too. Guess it depends on what the particular programme is. With Auckland being such a narrow piece of land between 2 seas/oceans I've often thought that the reason we don't "commonly" see trails is because of the prevailing wind idea. I have noticed that "lines" sometimes appear off either coast depending on which direction the wind's coming from and then expand out as they drift across the land. However, without sightings of actual trails being laid it's impossible to say for sure that these are manmade. Photos of actual trails across Waiheke "might" add weight to this argument though.
The other thing is that we get a lot cloudy days where most of the sky is blanketed and although I could be speculating it seems that this spring we've had more than our fair share. On these days whenever the cloud parts, the sky you can see behind this lower cloud cover is usually completely strewn with that messy variety of cirrus stuff with all its weird and wonderful forms. |
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Crakka
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:07 am Post Subject: |
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| solohawke wrote: | | ...I think they spay more in the west... |
Most westies think they're more fertile than the average person but you could be onto something there as to why birth numbers are down lately...LMAO! :P :D :mrgreen: |
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solohawke
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:11 am Post Subject: |
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| Ha ha... opps. :oops: |
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info4
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:03 pm Post Subject: |
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Solohawke
| Quote: | | We dont get much of these in hawkesbay, i have been looking. I think they spay more in the west due to prevailing winds, thats my theory anyway. |
Have you seen anything? as there should be something flying over that way at altitude? |
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