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March 18-19, Very Early Post

badbirdz — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:54:44 +0000

Winds in Havana are currently NE at >15 MPH. Nothing expected tonight.

March 17-18, Early Post

badbirdz — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:23:22 +0000

Brrrrr! The cold front has swept across Cuba. Winds in Havana are north at 15-18 MPH. These conditions should stop all migration. I may not even get up in the middle of the night to check the radar!

Current weather models indicate conditions adverse to migration through the middle of the next week.

March 16-17

badbirdz — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:11:38 +0000

At this time (c. 03:00 UTC) there are no radar detectable migrants outbound from Cuba. There a numerous showers/thunderstorms over the Cuban coast and Straits. Also, after several nights of good migration, the supply of migration ready birds might have been exhausted.

March 15-16

badbirdz — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:32:34 +0000

There were scattered showers and thunderstorms along the Cuban coast during the take-off time that may have reduced tonight’s flight. Even so, some birds were on the move. An image from c. 04:00 UTC shows birds approaching the Keys. This image will roll off he archive in four days.

http://tinyurl.com/2rde2u

March 14-15

badbirdz — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:32:15 +0000

A major breakout tonight. A loop can be viewed…

http://home.comcast.net/~badbirdz/031407.gif

March 13-14

badbirdz — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:00:47 +0000

http://tinyurl.com/2lwrzk

Another good migration tonight (linked image is from c. 03:00 UTC). The image shows the bulk of the migrating birds just north of Cuba. The image will roll-off the archive in four days.

March 12-13, Ver. 2.0

badbirdz — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:55:42 +0000

Further review has shown the largest flight so far for this season. It even warranted an animation…

http://home.comcast.net/~badbirdz/031207.gif

March 12-13

badbirdz — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:13:27 +0000

http://tinyurl.com/38xtjt

There is a pretty good flight tonight (see above link of image from c. 02:00 UTC). Also several chaff trails running west to east, over and south of the Keys. As usual, the linked image will roll-off in four days.

March 11-12

badbirdz — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:05:43 +0000

Winds over Cuba have shifted back to northerly. There is no detectable migration tonight.

March 10-11

badbirdz — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:35:16 +0000

Just a few birds coming across tonight, but a few is better than none.