Day: Friday
Date: 22April 2022
Flight time: 8:50 pm Scouts at: N/A Comments/conditions: Latest flight so far this year – likely due to wind 48 minutes after sunset, only ~14% of the colony flew 6 miles NNW on SE Winds at 21 mph with gusts to 35 mph – had been SE 18-24 mph all afternoon with gusts to 32 mph, Visibility 10 miles, A Few Clouds & Breezy, Temp 78°F, Dew Point 63°F steady, 15 Cooling Degree Days, Cloud Base 3420′, RH 60% rising, Heat Index 80°F, BP 29.98 steady, bats viewable until 9:43 pm under streetlights
Sunset: 8:02 pm
Dark: 8:32 pm (10-20 min. earlier if cloudy)
Sunrise: 6:56 am
April 21, 2022
Day: Thursday
Date: 21April 2022
Flight time: 8:32 pm Scouts at: N/A Comments/conditions: later, weak flight 30 minutes after sunset only ~17% of the colony flew – they went 8 miles NNE on SE Winds at 14 mph – had been southerly 13-20 mph all afternoon with gusts to 26 mph, Visibility 10 miles, Mostly Cloudy, Temp 79°F, Dew Point 66°F falling, 11 Cooling Degree Days, Cloud Base 2964′, RH 65% falling, Heat Index 81°F, BP 30.05 rising, bats viewable until 9:41 pm under streetlights
Sunset: 8:02 pm
Dark: 8:32 pm (10-20 min. earlier if cloudy)
Sunrise: 6:57 am
April 22, 2022
22 April 2022 Local Date – (23 April 2022 UTC – (Universal Coordinated Time)) – times are also UTC (subtract 5:08 hours for CST of flights)
Flights shifting later, Bracken 1:00, Frio 1:04, Chiroptorium Wurzbach&Nacodoches SanPedro 1:22, TX28 Randolph SALutheranHS 1:26, NuecesRR Nueces90 Rucker 1:30, FM1572 1:32, Wimberley SanMarcos SMCenterpoint Stuart 1:34, FosterRd GrapeCreekHS 1:38, Huber SMRB-Slayden 1:40, Congress 1:58, Granger radar offline, nothing from McNeil 2022-04-23_UTC
April 21, 2022
21 April 2022 Local Date – (22 April 2022 UTC – (Universal Coordinated Time)) – times are also UTC (subtract 5:08 hours for CST of flights)
Bracken 0:46, Frio 1:10, SanPedro 1:12, BalconesHeights 1:14, Chiropotorium 1:18, SchertzClemens TX28 Wurzbach&PerrinBeitel Camden Webb FM1572 1:22, Huber McNeil SMCenterpoint Randolph 1:24, Bracketville Stuart 1:26, Wimberley SanMarcos 1:28, NuecesRR SmythCrossing Pinto Rucker 1:32, UT Dittmar Onion Harwood Spofford EaglePass 1:36, CongressScouts 1:38, Congress 1:40, SMRB-Slayden GrapeCreekHS 1:44, 2022-04-22_UTC
April 20, 2022
20 April 2022 Local Date – (21 April 2022 UTC – (Universal Coordinated Time)) – times are also UTC (subtract 5:08 hours for CST of flights)
Bracken way earlier at 0:22, Chiroptorium 0:40, TX28 Randolph 0:52, DavisBlowout 0:56, Frio 0:58, Huber 1:02, Ney 1:14, SanPedro SALutheranHS 1:16, Camden 1:18, OldTunnel Wurzbach&PerrinBeitel BalconesHeights 1:20, McNeil D’Hanis 1:24, FosterRd 1:26, NuecesRR FM1572 Bracketville Stuart 1:28, Salado 1:30, SmythCrossing Pinto EaglePass 1:32, SMRB-Slayden 1:34, Congress Luling GrapeCreekHS 1:36, light rain slightly delayed Congress flight 2022-04-21_UTC
April 20, 2022
Day: Wednesday
Date: 20 April 2022
Flight time: 8:28 pm Scouts at: N/A Comments/conditions: Strong flight right at dark after light rain 27 minutes after sunset, ~66% of the colony flew 12 N (11% to altitude) on S Winds at 16 mph – had been S 16-23 mph all afternoon with gusts to 35 mph, Visibility 10 miles, Mostly Cloudy, Temp 78°F, Dew Point 76°F falling, 11 Cooling Degree Days, Cloud Base 2736′, RH 67% rising, Heat Index 80°F, BP 29.85 steady, bats viewable until 9:27 pm under streetlights
Sunset: 8:01 pm
Dark: 8:31 pm (10-20 min. earlier if cloudy)
Sunrise: 6:58 am
April 19, 2022
19 April 2022 Local Date – (20 April 2022 UTC – (Universal Coordinated Time)) – times are also UTC (subtract 5:08 hours for CST of flights)
Storms along US90W heading E from BanderaCo, general instability & light rain up IH35, flights suppressed confounded delayed in the entire SBA, Bracken 1:06, McNeil 1:10, SMCenterpoint 1:12, Randolph BalconesHeights SAJeffersonHS 1:14, SanMarcos 1:16, TX28 ToyotaStadium 1:20, Temple StillhouseHollow WellsBranch Howard 1:22, Dittmar 1:24, Congress 1:28, FM1572 FosterRd GrapeCreekHS 1:30, NuecesRR SmythCrossing Spofford Bracketville EaglePass 1:34, 2022-04-20_UTC
April 19, 2022
Day: Tuesday
Date: 19 April 2022
Flight time: 8:20 pm Scouts at: N/A Comments/conditions: 19 minutes after sunset only ~3% of the colony braved the windy unstable atmosphere to fly 8 miles N on SE Winds at 17 mph – gusts to 26 mph – had been SE 10-17 mph all afternoon with gusts to 25 mph, Temp 70°F, Dew Point 61°F rising, 5 Heating Degree Days, Cloud Base 2052′, RH 73% steady, Heat Index N/A, BP 29.96 falling, bats viewable until 9:31 pm under streetlights
Sunset: 8:01 pm
Dark: 8:31 pm (10-20 min. earlier if cloudy)
Sunrise: 6:59 am
April 18, 2022
18 April 2022 Local Date – (19 April 2022 UTC – (Universal Coordinated Time)) – times are also UTC (subtract 5:08 hours for CST of flights)
Bracken Frio 1:04, Hubertus Randolph SanPedro ApacheCreek&SanPedroCreek Ney 1:18, SMCenterpoint TX28 Wurzbach&PerrinBeitel BalconesHeights 1:22, McNeil D’Hanis NuecesRR Nueces90 1:24, Chiroptorium 1:26, Vanderpool Uvalde FM1572 Stuart 1:28, Congress Buda Wimberley SanMarcos NewBraunfels FosterRd 1:30, Temple BeaverCreek WellsBranch Howard 1:32, Webb SmythCrossing Spofford Pinto Bracketville Rucker EaglePass GrapeCreekHS 1:34, Dittmar 1:36, FtHood Salado 1:38, Huber (tiny) 2:00, nothing from DavisBlowout OldTunnel JamesRiver or DevilsSinkhole 2022-04-19_UTC
April 18, 2022
Day: Monday
Date: 17 April 2022
Flight time: 8:22 pm Scouts at: N/A Comments/conditions: 22 minutes after sunset only ~8% of the colony flew S 24 miles (0% went to altitude) -on NE Winds at 9 mph – had been NE 13-16 mph most of the afternoon, with gusts to 29 mph, Visibility 10 miles, A Few Clouds, Temp 71°F, Dew Point 54°F steady, 3 Cooling Degree Days, Cloud Base 3876′, RH 55% rising, Heat Index N/A, BP 30.11 rising, bats viewable until 9:13 pm under streetlights
Sunset: 8:00 pm
Dark: 8:30 pm (10-20 min. earlier if cloudy)
Sunrise: 7:01 am