Bracketville (KDFX) still offline, McNeil 0:30, Pidcoke 0:34, SanMarcos Bracken Randolph TX28 SaladoCreekGreenway SanPedro BalconesHeights 0:42, Temple WellsBranch Howard NLamar Congress(~40.0k – 9% to altitude) ABIA SMCenterpoint 0:44, DuncanPark Blanco MustangRidge Wimberley Lockhart SCUDISD SchertzClemens SALutheran Seguin Harwood SMRB(Slayden) 0:48, Loyola TomMillerDam GrapeCreekHS FosterRd 0:52, Floresville 0:56, Milano Victoria 1:00, Cuero Comfort 1:02, BeaverCreek 1:06, Chiroptoirium 1:10, OldTunnel 1:16,

6:10 pm – 6:40 pm
when conditions allow, i.e. when temps are >50°F, Dew Point >45°F (>38°F after long torpor), Heating Degree Days <9 (<15 after long torpor), atmosphere stable, no pressure drops, no strong wind, no rain in the area
chance for a good flight tonight

Sunset: 6:26 pm
Dark: 6:56 pm (10-20 minutes earlier if cloudy)
Sunrise: 7:02 am 

Flight: 6:36 pm
Scouts: 

11 minutes after sundown ~40.0k flew ENE 8 miles on S Winds at 6 mph – had been S 7-12 most of the afternoon with gusts to 20 mph around 3pm, Temp 61°F, Dew Point 42°F rising, Visibility 10 miles, A Few Clouds, 4 Heating Degree Days, Cloud Base 4332′, RH 50% rising, Wind Chill N/A. BP 30.08 steady, bats viewable until 8:19 pm under streetlights

Bracketville (KDFX) pops back online for first time in a week at 23:30 but back offline at 2:08, Loyola D’Hanis 0:02, 410&IH35 0:06, NuecesRR 0:14, McNeil 0:16, Blanco Culebra&BanderaRd BalconesHeights 0:18, TX28 0:20, WellsBranch Congress(~103.3k – 0% to atlitude) Sabinal 0:22, SanPedro 0:26, Randolph 0:28, Huber Howard NLamar Knippa Uvalde 0:30, SALutheranHS BalconesCreek&IH10 CampWood Rucker 0:32, Wimberley Vanderpool 0:34, Temple SmythCrossing EaglePass 0:38, Seguin 0:40, Pinto FosterRd 0:42, Lockhart Bracken Harwood GrapeCreekHS 0:46, Salado Milano Thorndale Luling SMRB(Slayden) 0:52, Chiroptorium Stuart 1:00, Frio 1:04, Fern 1:16, OldTunnel 1:20,

6:10 pm – 6:40 pm
when conditions allow, i.e. when temps are >50°F, Dew Point >45°F (>38°F after long torpor), Heating Degree Days <9 (<15 after long torpor), atmosphere stable, no pressure drops, no strong wind, no rain in the area
chance for a good flight tonight

Sunset: 6:26 pm
Dark: 6:56 pm (10-20 minutes earlier if cloudy)
Sunrise: 7:03 am 

Flight: 6:14 pm
Scouts: 

11 minutes before sunset ~103.3k flew 12 miles SE on NE Winds at 5 mph – had been N 13-17 mph & gusty Calming down toward flight time, Visibility 10 miles, Partly Cloudy, Temp 62°F, Dew Point 41°F steady, Heating Degree Days, Cloud Base 4788′, RH 46% rising, Wind Chill N/A, BP 30.07 rising, bats viewable under streetlights until 8:23 pm

Bats are starting to return to Central Texas – NewBraunfels (KEWX) radar back online but Bracketvile (KDFX) still out of commission – why do they schedule maintenance during migration? Frio &Stuart could be blowing up and we would never know it, D’Hanis 23:34, Loyola Camden 0:16, 410&IH35 BalconesHeights 0:22, SCUCISD Randolph 0:24, Dittmar 0:28, Temple(~103.6k 15% to altitude) FtCavazosMain 0:32, Blanco McNeil(~151.9k – 6% to altitude) Howard NLamar CongressScouts ABIA SMCenterpoint BalconesCreek&IH10 0:36, WellsBranch Congress Wimberley SALutheranHS 0:38, SunCity Leander CedarPark 0:40, Buda Creedmoor MustangRidge SanMarcos Bracken SchertzClemens 0:42, Bastrop Timberwood 0:44, Thorndale 0:46, FosterRd 0:48, Chiroptorium Lockhart Ney 0:50, Salado Cameron 0:52, SMRB(Slayden) 0:56, Milano GrapeCreekHS 0:58, OldTunnel 1:04, DavisBlowout 1:32,

6:15 pm – 6:45 pm
when conditions allow, i.e. when temps are >50°F, Dew Point >45°F (>38°F after long torpor), Heating Degree Days <9 (<15 after long torpor), atmosphere stable, no pressure drops, no strong wind, no rain in the area
chance for a good flight tonight

Sunset: 6:25 pm
Dark: 6:55 pm (10-20 minutes earlier if cloudy)
Sunrise: 7:04 am 

Flight: 6:30 pm
Scouts: 

7 minutes after sunset ~70.6k flew 24 miles SE on NW Winds at 7 mph – had swung from SW at 2pm becoming NW 12-16 mph with gusts to 25 mph around 5pm, Visibility 10 miles, A Few Clouds, Temp 77°F, Dew Point 32°F steady, 11 COOLing Degree Days, Cloud Base 10,260′, RH 19% rising, Heat Index 77°F, BP 29.81 rising, bats viewable until 7:03 pm under streetlights

Sadly, both Bracketvile (KDFX) and NewBraunfels (KEWX) radars offline yet again – much activity at Fern – Frio could be blowing up and we would never know it, GrapeCreekHS FosterRd 0:38, Leander McNeil(~105k 16% to altitude) WellsBranch Howard NLamar, UT Loyola CongressScouts 0:42, Temple(~29.4k – 12% to altitude) Thorndale Elgin 0:50, Milano Lexington Congress 0:56, SanMarcos Bracken 1:04, Chiroptoium SCUCISD 1:10, OldTunnel 1:18, Camden 1:26,