Migration Light (less filling, taste’s great)



Here are the radar and velocity from sunset last night through 5:15am this morning. This one is tricky though, because although there appears to be a lot going on, most of the signal is not bird migration. Use the velocity plot as a “filter” to determine how much of the radar is actually bird migration. Birds tend to fly around 15-20kts faster than the prevailing winds, which were light (<5kts) last night. Therefore anything showing a velocity of 20-25kts or above was likely birds. I don't expect any fallout conditions, although there should be good densities of birds dispersed around since we haven't had a mass exodus for a few nights (ie. things are still sticking around). No optimal migration conditions are expected until Sunday when the winds are out of the Northeast again, but tonight and Saturday will be interesting as they'll provide possible migration weather with the chance of some precipitation to put birds down. The only way to find out is to get out there! (or read Chris Vogel's emails...that usually does it too). Good Birding 🙂

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