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, BroomeBirds
Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] Diurnal Migration on This Morning's
Radar
If you look at the national radar loop there is massive diurnal migration going
on from the central and southern Plains to the deep south. It is impressive.
Echoes are especially h
If you look at the national radar loop there is massive diurnal migration
going on from the central and southern Plains to the deep south. It is
impressive. Echoes are especially heavy in the central Plains and mid
Mississippi Valley. see:
https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/full_lite_loop.php
Yes I did a long loop and noticed that too. The heights of the echoes are
roughly between 1000 and 4000 feet above ground level. Swallows, icterids,
and what else?
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 10:24 AM Peter Reisfeld wrote:
> Looking at the loop from last night, the reflectivities just about totally
Looking at the loop from last night, the reflectivities just about totally
petered out at 6 AM, but then picked up again. That would seem to favor
diurnal migration rather than a continuation of that from overnight.
Peter
> On Aug 14, 2019, at 10:05 AM, David Nicosia wrote:
>
> The radar im