VAPOR TRAIL A cloudlike streamer or trail often seen behind aircraft flying in clear, cold, humid air. A vapor trail is created when the water vapor from the engine exhaust gases are added to the atmosphere.
vapor trail—Same as condensation trail.
veering—Shifting of the wind in a clockwise direction with respect to either space or time; opposite of backing.
Vapor Trail: Same as contrail.
Veering: A clock-wise movement in wind direction. Example: East to Southeast.
Vertical Wind Shear: Wind direction change & speed with height.
VFR Weather: Ceiling greater than3,000 ft.
Related term: vapor trail
CONVECTION
Motions in a fluid that transport and mix the properties of the fluid. These properties could be heat and/or moisture. When used to imply only upward vertical motion, it is then the opposite of subsidence.
A vapor trail is created when the water vapor from the engine exhaust gases are added to the atmosphere. Also called a vapor trail. CONVECTION The mass motion within a fluid, resulting in the transport and mixing of the properties of that fluid.
CONTRAIL
Acronym for CONdensation TRAIL. A cloud-like streamer or trail often seen behind aircraft flying in clear, cold, humid air. A vapor trail is created when the water vapor from the engine exhaust gases are added to the atmosphere.
 See also: Water, Light, Breeze, Wind, Water vapor
  
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