In article , not my real pseudonym
says...


I have seen this happen several times over WA and OR when OR ANG F-15s
& F-16s are up playing. Usually summer, when WSR-88D weather radars
are in more sensitive 'fair weather' mode. Looks like snakes as the
winds spread it around.


I can remember finding the old fashioned chaff lying on the ground...looked like
the tinsel you put on Christmas trees...not sure they use it anymore.



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