West winds dominated the peninsula last night, and migration over the mainland was light at best. That said, a light sprinkling of migrants from the Caribbean and possibly the Yucatan (given the strong westerly winds) could be seen moving northward to Florida. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning.

Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and every hour for the regional composite. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized animation.

While both radars show considerable amount of clutter, some “blips” can be seen moving from S–>N across the Florida Straits. Given the very dispersed signal, I’d assume these birds would be very difficult to discern on the ground, but I’d still be happy to hear from anyone out in the field today to confirm or deny. While I really enjoyed my time down in Florida, it’s nice to be back where I can count on the internet to download the radar!

Good Birding,

David

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