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19th Sep 2002, 15:35

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lunkenheimer

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Heathrow D-
Your neighbor isn't totally daft-it seems that contrails do indeed sometimes merge into overcast-see this:
http://www.atmos.berkeley.edu/news/c...ul2002.article