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The front clears and delivers
Finally! A proper fall migration event over the mid-Atlantic. Here’s the radar from 7:30pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. With that persistent low pressure system finally off our backs and now spinning over Nova Scotia, winds at all altitudes turned […]
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Bring on the birds
The action is hot around Cape May right now. Yellow-headed Blackbird, another (or a reappearance of the) Black-throated Gray Warbler, multiple Lark Sparrows, etc… not to mention the constant flow of migrants dominated by Caribbean wintering species (N. Parula, Cape May, etc.). Last night the low pressure system was positioned at just the right place […]
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Pesky low part deux
There’s a low pressure system currently parked right over us and its position has resulted in little to no migration into or out of NJ last night. Here’s the radar from 7:30pm last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. So I guess […]
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Migration under [low] pressure
While migration was hot and heavy for the Central and Mississippi flyways, and downright spectacular for the Eastern Flyway south of the Delmarva, a string of low pressure cells which drifted northwest over the region had a profound negative effect on migration into NJ. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. […]
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A low that won’t go and the weekend outlook
Right now it looks like our best bet for heavy migration into the eastern mid-Atlantic will be tonight, when upper-level winds across New England and NY are out of the NNW. Expect upper-level winds to turn more northerly overnight and eventually northeasterly tomorrow (ouch!). That’s not the worst of it- right now it looks like […]