Category: Migration

  • Heavy flight into the Mid-Atlantic

    This was a big one, folks! Unfortunately my computer is revolting against me this morning… grrrrr… Here’s the composite loop from sunset last night through 5:30am today. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Migration was hot and heavy across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic last night, as winds […]

  • Excellent flight out of NY State!

    Last night’s radar shows another really big flight out of Central and Western NY State, much of which entered PA and northern NJ early this morning. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. Check out the regional […]

  • And they’re off!!

    High pressure behind the latest cold front turned the wind dial back to north/northwest last night, triggering widespread migration across most of the country east of an imaginary line between North Texas and Maine. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to […]

  • Taking the day off, in anticipation of Friday night

    The gates are closed over the NE and Mid-Atlantic tonight, but not for long! As a cold front pushes through tomorrow we will see the return of northerly winds for Friday night. Expect winds to die down considerably at all heights on Friday night, and for migrants to push hard into the region for Saturday […]

  • Another push as the gates close

    Last night the upper-level winds were out of the northwest across most of the Northeastern US and Mid-Atlantic, while surface winds began to switch around to the ESE. This set the stage for another night of moderate to heavy migration over the region into the early morning hours. Here’s the radar from sunset last night […]

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