All,
As this cold high pressure system overhead shifts offshore
by Wednesday afternoon a strong southerly flow of air
aloft will set up for Wednesday Night.
Latest computer models are showing
between 40 and 50 knots from the south-southwest
between about 2000 and 5000 feet
above ground
All,
Being a meteorologist, I can't help myself here, but
the potential exists for an early "heat" wave in the eastern 1/2 of
U.S beginning Wednesday and lasting into next weekend(April 3-4).
A very large and anomalous high pressure system is projected
to set up off the southeast U.S coast by
All,
The next two years will see all NWS radars equipped with
dual polarization which essentially adds a vertically oriented pulse
to the horizontal oriented pulse of energy. There will be a
slew of new radar products to learn and interpret.
The advantages of dual polar are that
Martin
To: david nicosia ; nfc-l@cornell.edu
Sent: Thu, July 8, 2010 11:30:29 AM
Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Dual-Polar Radar coming 2011-2012
Dave,
Are there any polarimetric radar stations (a beta site) with a web link up and
running at the moment that we might view in coming weeks as fall migration
Thanks Bryan for more details on this. I recently saw a presentation on
Dual-polarization and
that is where I gleaned the information. I don't have the in-depth knowledge
that you do.
Our office (WFO Binghamton) is getting the dual-pole upgrade in June 2011. I
know
we are near the top of the
The unusual warmth will remain with us most of the week in the northeast.
This could stall any major migratory push for a time. But...
a strong cold front will pass through the eastern
seaboard by Friday night after Hurricane Earl passes to
the northeast. Northerly winds will prevail beginning
Let me try this again...
As Bill Evans has stated previously, the next cold front
will pass through the northeast by Wednesday evening.
Initially, northern New England will have some post-frontal
showers with northern NY having some lake effect rain showers
(not quite cold enough yet for the
Got up before sunrise and from my deck
I counted the following nocturnal migrants
between 515 am and 600 am...
265 SWAINSON'S THRUSH
83 VEERY
9 WOOD THRUSH
6 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER
many other chips, zeeps, dzrts etc that I could
not id. I thought I heard a DICKCISSEL but
was
Between 3:15 and 5:15 am heard the following
night migrants from my home:
SWAINSON'S THRUSH - 631
VEERY- 33
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH - 14
WOOD THRUSH- 2
Large flight of SWAINSON'S THRUSH.
Ratio of SWAINSON'S to VEERIES
is falling... with GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES
increasing as expected.
There were
: david nicosia
To: bluewing-gr...@googlegroups.com; NFC-L@cornell.edu
Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 8:20:35 AM
Subject: [nfc-l] Night Migrants Binghamton/Johnson City NY Wed 9/15/10
Between 3:15 and 5:15 am heard the following
night migrants from my home:
SWAINSON'S THRUSH - 631
VEERY- 33
GRAY
While finishing my overnight shift at the National Weather
Service this morning, I couldn't help notice a sure sign
of spring: bird echoes on NWS radars from the lower
Mississippi valley to the lower Ohio Valley! The echoes
correlated well with southwesterly winds at 925 mb
of around 20-25
From: Samuel Galick
To: david nicosia
Cc: NFC-L
Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 12:55:20 PM
Subject: Re: [nfc-l] Bird Echoes on the Radars Early This Morning!
Hey Dave,
I saw this too! But more often than not so early in the season, these can be
insect blooms
I will definitely check this next couple nights. Makes
sensebugs go with the wind, birds use the wind
to go where they need to go. Thanks Dave.
From: David La Puma
To: david nicosia
Cc: Samuel Galick ; NFC-L
Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 3:29:13 PM
Subject
Check out the radars now...there appears to be good migration echoes
near and east of the showers and storms. Great fallout conditions
for middle atlantic???
From: David La Puma
To: Andrew Albright
Cc: nfc-l
Sent: Sun, May 15, 2011 10:07:33 PM
Subject: Re:
Woke up at 4 am this morning and was not that tired
so decided to sit out on my deck and see what kind of
migration was taking place. I checked the radar and there
was fairly heavy migration south of my location with
much less farther north. Cloud ceilings were very low
as occasional fog clipped
All,
I now have access to real-time dual polar radar imagery from NWS Pittsburgh
from work.
Early this morning on 8/5/11, there was a modest migratory echo pattern around
the
NWS Pittburgh radar. I have the legacy "base reflectivity"or "Z" images that
we are accustomed to. In these legacy
Got up before dawn to listen for night migrants.
Radar echoes were "moderate" as I have seen
much heavier bird migration echoes on radar.
>From 515 am to 600 am from my deck I heard
the following:
85 SWAINSON'S THRUSH
39 WOOD THRUSH
~ 20 THRUSH sp (wood thrushes and/or veeries???)
11
Listened for one hour this evening
1040 pm to 1140 pm...the flight appears high as skies are clear,
winds light southwesterly. Not ideal. Many calls very high up
and inaudible. But have had some nice fairly low GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
and SWAINSONS THRUSH calls.
Numbers are as follows:
Got up early this morning and listened for 1 hour
between 430 am and 530 am. There was very
little wind and light fog. There was little traffic and
other noise. Great listening conditions. There
was a fairly heavy flight, especially of SWAINSON'S
THRUSH.
Below are my counts:
SWAINSON'S
All,
I have noticed every night that the radar bird echoes are picking up more and
more
even when the winds are not that favorable. A significant cold front, the first
of this budding upcoming "cold" season, will be upon the northern U.S soon. It
will first cross the
upper Plains Saturday and
sparked some ideas for me...
Best,
Dave Nicosia
From: Bill Evans
To: david nicosia ; NFC- L
Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2012 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [nfc-l] First Big Southbound push of fall migrants next few days
in northern U.S??
I’ve noticed via flight
Woke at 430 am and could not fall back asleep.
So instead of counting sheep, I decided to sit on my
deck and count migrating birds or at least try.
I began 450 am and ended at 520 am so it was
a solid half hour...then back to sleep!
There was a decent flight going on as I could hear
many calls
While working the overnight shift at NWS Binghamton I stepped
outside for just a few minutes at the airport around 430 am and
heard 4 SWAINSON'S THRUSH and 1 WOOD THRUSH.
There were also quite a few chips...zeeps and other calls I don't know.
It was a heavy flight no doubt. The radar was full
In one hour, 1015 to 1115 pm I counted 280 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES
and 13 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES by nocturnal calls. There were many
many other weaker, zips, seeps chips etc that I don't know. There were a couple
moments with up to 5 thrushes calling at once! Some were very low and
of course many were
As it stands now, I think there is a good chance for low ceilings lasting
well into the night. Probably less than 1000 feet all night...there will be fog
too...
especially over the hills. Winds are expected to be NW around 5-15 knots up
through about
5-6 thousand feet through the night. Not
Bird echoes rapidly expanding on radar after sunset!
From: david nicosia
To: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes ; CAYUGABIRDS-L
; NFC- L
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] FOG - Night Flight
As it stands now, I think
.
From: david nicosia
To: david nicosia ; Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
; CAYUGABIRDS-L ; NFC- L
; Bluewing
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 7:33 PM
Subject: [bluewing-group] Re: [cayugabirds-l] FOG - Night Flight
Bird echoes rapidly expanding on radar after sunset
This is anecdotal. But each year I do an informal survey of the singing males
at New
Michigan State Forest in Pharsalia Chenango County, NY. I try very hard to not
recount birds
and I have been doing this almost yearly since 2009. This is a boreal like
forest...one of the
few you can find
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From: david nicosia
To: Cayugabirds- L ; Bluewing
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 10:45 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Migration beginning to become evident on radar
I have noticed radar echoes blossoming some after sunset more so than the last
couple weeks
In upstate NY I should say...sorry...
From: david nicosia
To: "NFC-L@cornell.edu"
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 10:46 PM
Subject: [nfc-l] Fw: [cayugabirds-l] Migration beginning to become evident on
radar
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From: dav
Got up at 5 am and listened for night calls, particularly thrushes,
and found a decent flight, especially as they descended between
540 am and 555 am. During this time there were so many
thrushes coming down that it was hard to count so I just
estimated my numbers. Many times it was hard to tell
This is the first time I personally have noticed bird echoes on radar in the
deep southern U.S
in the southerly wind flow now. Spring is coming!!!
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Worked the overnight shift last night and noticed classic radar blossoms
develop after sunset. Of course they were much smaller than peak migration but
the doppler winds did show a northwesterly to north component. The radar echoes
were biological in nature so I imagine they were birds already
I got finished by with work at 11 pm last evening andin the parking lot
before I got into my car I heard a"stream" of chips, zips, zeets and zeeps! I
listened for about5 minutes and it was constant. There were at least 3 SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS that flew by. Additionally, I was surprised to heara
All,
I used my phone to record a nocturnal flight near twilight as the birds
werecoming down this morning. I know I had SWAINSON'S THRUSH and VEERY. I
ampretty sure I had a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and also WOOD THRUSHand ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAKS. I also had some unidentified calls. So I amplified
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