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Migration heats up across the country with possible fallout conditions in the Upper Midwest
National overview Favorable migration conditions were evident for at least part of the night throughout the eastern US as a series of surface lows pushed their way across the country. Heavy precipitation along the stationary front draped across northern Missouri and southern Iowa, as well as the heavy precipitation moving across central and northern Wisconsin, […]
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Birds bypass us to the east as low pressure sweeps across region
National overview As my friend Kyle used to say when things didn’t necessarily go the way he hoped, “Sometimes chicken; sometimes feathers”. As the most recent cold front marched eastward over the region last night it triggered widespread migration for most of the US from Texas to Chicago and east to the Mid-Atlantic. Unfortunately for […]
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Southerly flow up the central US triggers moderate to heavy migration into the region
National overview As a string of low pressure cells moved eastward across the US, they brought with them more southerly flow from Texas to the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Migration was heaviest throughout the middle of the country, but significant influx into the northern reaches was thwarted by heavy precipitation associated with the front. Otherwise […]
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A response to a comment on “overshoots”
I got a reply on my last post from “barabooHills” and felt a response required a visual aid, so I’m writing a new post to that effect. Here’s the original reply: I saw on birdcast there are some chances for overshoot next week in our area and I was hoping you might share some thoughts/predictions […]
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The Highs are back in town
National overview Last night the high pressure returned to most of the interior US bringing with it more northerly flow and dampening any significant migration across the region. A few areas did see some movement, though, namely the Pacific coast, along the frontal boundary from Missouri to Ohio and a bit into the Northeast, and […]