steve holmes
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I was outside most of the day and the only contrail that I saw was this one that I saw at 3:12 pm. It was heading eastward, a bit east of where I was, which was 13 miles east of Sacramento.
The lack of contrails would mean dry air. If the trail was in pieces, it would indicate the plane went through places where there was not enough and enough humidity for contrails to show up. With this plane, the trail was constant from horizon to horizon. I looked on FR24 for other planes at the same altitude, which ought to have been seen similarly but none of the ones at the same altitude near this one were visible.
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The lack of contrails would mean dry air. If the trail was in pieces, it would indicate the plane went through places where there was not enough and enough humidity for contrails to show up. With this plane, the trail was constant from horizon to horizon. I looked on FR24 for other planes at the same altitude, which ought to have been seen similarly but none of the ones at the same altitude near this one were visible.