In checking the winds aloft, the temperatures were too warm for "normal" contrail formation.
FT 3000 6000 9000 12000 18000 24000 30000 34000 39000
HOU 1607 1509+16 1213+13 1213+09 9900-06 9900-16 251431 251841 252253
This was a normal commercial plane taking off from Hobby airport
that I heard off to my right as I was taking the chemplane pics.