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Riders on the storm
Man do I LOVE that Doors song…in fact I even caught myself singing it as I watched the radar this morning…check out the radar and see for yourself: Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and every hour for the regional composite. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation. The front […]
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Exodus from north to south
Well, I have to give Don Freiday partial credit for calling migration last night. I expected the winds to have a bit more south on them, but over most of the region they remained westerly. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 6:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, […]
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Little to no migration
As the title says, there was little to no (leaning more towards ‘no’) migration last night, in the face of light southerly winds over the region. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5:00am this morning. Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and every hour for the regional composite. Click on […]
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Heavy migration tonight
Migration is heavy over the Northeast, with lots of birds moving over New Jersey as of 10:00pm. Winds are pretty strong out of the northwest right now, but birds seem to be compensating (maybe migrating at lower altitude?) as they can be seen moving N–>S across the Fort Dix and Dover radars. Migration is slower […]
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No migration last night
Southwest winds kept birds down last night as high pressure continues to dominate our region. Small numbers of birds were seen moving out of northwestern New York, as winds up there were generally out of the west. Expect this lull in migration to continue through the weekend until the next cold front makes it into […]