Monthly Archives: August 2006

Big migration over the Garden State

Posted on 8/31/2006 by David La Puma

Woohoo! Here’s the radar from sunset last night through 5am this morning. The whole Northeastern US experienced high nocturnal migration last night, from Caribou, ME down to Cape May, NJ. Because of thunderstorms over the Delmarva peninsula, there was a … Continue reading →

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Here we go!!!

Posted on 8/30/2006 by David La Puma

The biggest night of migration so far this spring is currently underway in the Northeast. The kicker is that south of New Jersey there’s a whole lot of unstable atmosphere with some heavy thunderstorms. This will likely result in great … Continue reading →

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“It’s the rain, man, always keepin’ us down!”

Posted on 8/30/2006 by David La Puma

Looks like the rain in the earlier part of the night may have kept migration to a minimum. Winds were not very cooperative either. Even though winds were out of the NE on the surface, they continued out of the … Continue reading →

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Vacuum or Birdblower?

Posted on 8/29/2006 by David La Puma

Last night was interesting, to say the least. Surface winds were out of the SW early in the night, switching around to the East by morning. The upper level winds, however, were from the West – Northwest, which likely influenced … Continue reading →

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Some forecasting resources

Posted on 8/28/2006 by David La Puma

Sandra Keller, Jerseybirder extraordinaire, recently posted a message to the Jerseybirds listserve about her preferred online weather tools. I thought I’d share one of mine. First off, I use the NOAA 7-day forecast for Somerset, NJ (you can enter your … Continue reading →

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