Here’s the entire base reflectivity loop from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. Notice the movement of green toward to coast and then south along it…I wonder how Higbees was this morning!

And off they go! A high volume migration is underway this evening with some pretty good upper level winds out of the NW. The base reflectivity and velocity loops are from sunset through 10:30pm tonight. Migration will likely continue unabated until sunrise, setting up the coastal and ridge hotspots for the best concentrations of birds. […]

Well look what happened right under my nose! I got all tied up this morning and took yesterday’s weather forecast over what was going on right outside my door. As soon as I stepped out I knew the cooler airmass had reached us last night…darnit! So, a migration event did occur last night, and it […]

The national weather service has given a conservative outlook for the rest of this week and weekend. According to their models, we should experience WSW winds tonight, turning W into the weekend, with a drier airmass behind the remnants of Katrina filling in with NW winds by Sunday. The Intellicast.com forecast is a bit more […]

Of course as soon as I returned from the AOU conference all ready to start posting the radar, the weather stinks for migration over New Jersey. Southeast winds are predicted for the next three nights, leaving little in the way of migration opportunity. Since it’s still on the early side, I don’t think birds will […]