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A few more birds head south
Sorry this is such a late post, my ftp client died on me. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Light and variable winds around the Great Lakes allowed for some light and variable southbound migration over […]
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Some birds fly after front clears
The front which brought us plenty of rain yesterday finally cleared during the night, allowing high pressure to build it behind it and triggering a small, late, flight of birds into the region. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view […]
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No migration
Southerly flow at all elevations last night, coupled with some locally heavy precipitation along the Mid-Atlantic coast, appears to have kept any appreciable migration at bay for the second night in a row. Look for surface winds to slacken over the weekend and let a few migration-ready birds into the system, but the real flights […]
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Little-to-no apparent migration
Two evenings of light to moderate migration were followed by southerly winds yesterday, effectively shutting down any major migration events over the region for last night. Here’s the radar from 7:30pm (EDST) last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. The reflectivity images […]
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Zugunruhe overhead
I just checked the radar on the NCAR site here: http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/radar and could see the telltale sign of migration on both the Fort DIX (KDIX) and Dover, DE (KDOX) radar stations. Here’s the 11:55pm base reflectivity image for KDIX and the corresponding velocity image here. For those of you new to this, or if you’re […]