Huge Chaff Cloud That Lit Up Radars As It Drifted Across the Midwest Remains a Mystery - The War Zone

If you were a meteorologist or just a weather nut in the southern Midwest on Monday the 10th, you know all about the radar chaff dispersal that began around 3 pm Central Time. It took a while for the military to 'fess up to their part in this massive movement of aerial defensive countermeasures. This first article by Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway gives some background on chaff and previous "peacetime" chaff clouds in the U.S., and speculates as to its source. Monday's release created a stream that lasted double-digit hours and at one time stretched over 50 miles. A suggested identification of a C-130 as the culprit here is confirmed in Trevithick and Rogoway's second article A West Virginia Air Guard C-130H Was Responsible For Massive Chaff Cloud Over Midwest. But not all the mystery was cleared by this admission, and the authors ponder exactly why such a dump was deemed necessary. Trevithick solos with Now Massive Plumes Of Chaff Are Lighting Up Radar Over Maine and Florida Too. The Maine phenomenon apparently began around 5:30 pm Eastern Time on Wednesday. Its chaff plume extended over 100 miles long, and Trevithick was waiting for additional details on the Florida cloud, which developed over Florida's Keys at a time not determined when this article was posted. Experts say such dispersals "are not particularly uncommon" there, but that multiple cases occurred in a short two-day time period over the country is notable and the folks at The War Zone will update when they learn more. (WM)

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