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Sticky: WSB FORECAST: Clear skies and westerly winds promise beautiful weather and a broad-front of migrants on the Big Day
Upper-level winds across New Jersey may be out of the NW but light westerly surface winds should provide enough room for migrants to move on Friday night. These conditions should result in a moderate migration event coinciding with the kickoff of the Big Day at midnight. This does increase the probability that staked out migrants […]
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Out of Internet coverage
I’ll be out of Internet coverage for the next two days. If something changes I’ll be sure to post but otherwise check with the BIRDAR network in the sidebar for migration information, especially Paul Hurtado’s NEXRAD archive. Should be some new birds around WI tomorrow AM!
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WSB Forecast Update
Current winds at all altitudes over the Delmarva and south NJ are out of the SW while only upper-level winds over the most northern part of the state (Southern NY, really) remain out of the NW. Migration has already begun and WSB participants should expect migrants throughout the region tomorrow AM. Coastal sites will see […]
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Heavy migration up through the Great Plains and parts of the Midwest
National Overview Birds continue to stream up through the middle of the country as a series of surface lows churn southerly winds over the region. The low over Texas proved to be the most precipitous and may have caused some fallout conditions along the Texas and Louisiana coasts this morning. Farther north the atmosphere was […]
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Big flight up through the Plains, and rarity potential for New England
National Overview As the latest cold front pushed across the Rockies and Great Plains last night, southerly flow triggered heavy migration from Texas to Minnesota and west to the Dakotas. To really appreciate the pattern you need to check out the full loop from 3pm yesterday through today here on Paul Hurtado’s radar archive. Migration […]