Storm between DelRio & EaglePass heading east along US90W to Uvalde, Frio 1:52, TX28 Randolph 1:54, Stuart Fern 2:00, Bracken 2:02, Rucker 2:04, Huber OldTunnel 2:26, Camden Culebra&BanderaRd BalconesHeights 2:28, Congress 3:32 some bats flew after the crowd left, D’Hanis 2:36,
Saturday May 25, 2024
9:10pm – 9:40 pm
when conditions allow, i.e. when temps are >50°F, Dew Point >45°F, Heating Degree Days <9, atmosphere stable, no pressure drops, no strong wind, no rain in the area.
Chance of a good flight if conditions stable, but likely after dark
Sunset: 8:24 pm Dark: 8:54 pm (10-20 minutes earlier if cloudy) Sunrise: 6:32 am
Friday May 24, 2024
9:10pm – 9:40 pm
when conditions allow, i.e. when temps are >50°F, Dew Point >45°F, Heating Degree Days <9, atmosphere stable, no pressure drops, no strong wind, no rain in the area.
Chance of a good flight if conditions stable, but likely after dark
Sunset: 8:23 pm Dark: 8:53 pm (10-20 minutes earlier if cloudy) Sunrise: 6:32 am
Friday May 24, 2024
Flight: 9:30 pm Scouts: 9:08 pm
~67 minutes after sunset (way after dark) ~9% of the colony flew, some went 6 miles E others 4 miles NW (~48% of the total flew to altitude) on S Winds at 9 mph – had been S 9-16 mph most of the afternoon with gusts to 22 mph around 7pm, Temp 87°F, Dew Point 76°F rising, Visibility 10 miles, Overcast, 23 Cooling Degree Days, Cloud Base 2508′, RH 70% rising, Heat Index 98°F, BP 29.69 rising, bats viewable until 11:09 pm under streetlights
Friday May 24, 2024
Strong storms from Brownwood through Waco to Tyler creating atmospheric instability in the northern Hill Country, Camden 1:04, CuevaLaVirgen(Coahuila) Frio Stuart Fern 1:56, Bracken 1:58, Rucker 2:04, SchertzClemens TX28 2:06, EaglePass 2:08, McNeil 2:10, Huber OldTunnel NuecesRR SmythCrossing Pinto 2:12, Chiroptorium 2:18, D’Hanis 2:20, Lockhart Luling 2:22, CongressScouts 2:30, Congress(~9% few a few miles E&NW) 2:38,
Thursday May 23, 2024
Flight: 9:30 pm Scouts: 9:08 pm
~127 minutes after sunset (way way after dark) only ~3,600 headed 4 miles WNW on SE Winds at 15 mph – had been SE 14-24 mph most of the afternoon with gusts to 30 mph around 7pm, Temp 85°F, Dew Point 72°F falling, Visibility 10 miles, Partly Cloudy, 20 Cooling Degree Days, Cloud Base 2964′, RH 65% rising, Heat Index 91°F, BP 29.74 rising, bats viewable until midnight under streetlights
Thursday May 23, 2024
Yet another storm barreling down from Mason dissipating between MarbleFalls & JohnsonCity, Frio 1:48, Bracken Camden 1:58, Culebra&BanderaRd Stuart 2:02, Chiroptorium SCIUCISD SchertzClemens 2:06, EaglePass 2:12, Longhorn&Western 2:14, OldTunnel CongressScouts SmythCrossing Fern 2:16, Rucker 2:22, Huber as storm passes 2:34, D’Hanis 2:34, McNeil Congress(only ~3,600 flew a few miles NW in gusty conditions 3:38,
Thursday May 23, 2024
9:10pm – 9:40 pm
when conditions allow, i.e. when temps are >50°F, Dew Point >45°F, Heating Degree Days <9, atmosphere stable, no pressure drops, no strong wind, no rain in the area.
Chance of a good flight if conditions stable, but likely after dark
Sunset: 8:23 pm Dark: 8:53 pm (10-20 minutes earlier if cloudy) Sunrise: 6:32 am
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Flight: No Flight Scouts:
Flight Time Conditions: Storms developing between JohnsonCity and RoundRock – skirting downtown Austin & dissipating as they head east – Winds SE at 13 mph – gusts to 22 mph – had been southerly 13-20 mph with gusts to 31 mph around 5pm, Temp 86°F, Dew Point 75°F steady, Visibility 10 miles, Overcast, 21 Cooling Degree Days, Cloud Base 2508′, RH 70% rising, Heat Index 95°F, BP 29.77 rising,
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Storms developing between JohnsonCity and RoundRock – skirting downtown Austin as they head east, Frio 1:42, Stuart 1:48, Fern 1:52, Bracken SchertzClemens EaglePass ElMoral 2:00, SmythCrossing 2:08, TX28 410&IH35 Camden SanAngelo 2:12, Lockhart FosteerRd 2:14 OldTunnel FM1572 GrapeCreek 2:16, D’Hanis 2:30, rain at CAB 2:34 dissipating quickly, No Congress flight, McNeil 3:02,