Excellent info and resources, Bryan! Thank you. David
On Wed, May 2, 2018, 10:40 AM Bryan Guarente <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a great observation David! > > To keep an eye on the possible "fallout" locations, check out the surface > observations here: > > http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/displaySfc.php?region=den&endDate=20180502&endTime=-1&duration=0 > > In this image, you will see real meteorological observations from many > towns across Colorado and into the surrounding states. The stick coming > out of the dot is the important part for today. That indicates the > direction the winds are coming from. For more information about this, you > can go here: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/maps/sfcobs/wnd.rxml > > On that map linked above, look for areas in Eastern Colorado (away from > the mountains) where the wind barbs are collectively pointing toward each > other, that is where you may want to go birding. If you watch this map > throughout the day, that location will change and may go away. If it stays > in place for many hours at a time, this would be a great place to go > looking. > > As of right now, the convergence of the wind barbs is pointing to a line > from about Chatfield Reservoir through Last Chance (and maybe farther > east). > > Get out and do some searching. There are probably plenty of birds out > there to find in all locations, but if you wanted the biggest bang for your > buck, going to this convergence line would likely be best. > > Bryan > > Bryan Guarente > Meteorologist/Instructional Designer > UCAR/The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > > On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 9:24 AM, David Tønnessen <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Hey Birders, >> >> Large movement on radar last night combined with the rainy conditions >> with low clouds throughout much of the Front Range today provide excellent >> conditions for grounding migrants. Get out if you can! >> >> Good luck, >> David Tonnessen >> Colorado Springs >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/e4cd3d08-c008-4fbe-9334-d663550bf8a0%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/e4cd3d08-c008-4fbe-9334-d663550bf8a0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADkL8Ffe5Er%3DwUjg8A1a0cTMz7XRrqZC-TLa_mtPoQmTwU__LA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
