Rainstorms sweeping across the Hill Country at flight time heading toward the I-35 corridor, flights suppressed or readings confounded by storms with exception of Stuart 1:32, Bracken(first flyers mayhave emerged into oncoming storm) FM1572 Bracketville Pinto 1:38, no Congress Flight – main storm cleared Congress at 11:30 with more isolated storms until 12:15am with no subsequent flight due to cold temps
Unstable conditions again, ~50 minutes after sunset (way after dark), ~13% of the colony headed 4 miles S staying fairly close to home (14% of them went to altitude) on NW Winds at 10 mph – had been northerly 10-14 mph all afternoon with gusts to 23 mph around 3pm, Temp 72°F, Dew Point 62°F falling, Visibility 10 miles, Overcast, 5 Cooling Degree Days, Cloud Base 2280′, RH 71% steady, Heat Index N/A, BP 29.98 rising, bats viewable until 10:29 pm under streetlights
Storms from the W moving into DelRio and SanAngelo, atmsospheric instability keeps most CenTex bats in the roost with exception of the cave bats who are usually a day behind the weather, Frio 1:18, Bracken 1:22, NewBraunfels 1:28, SchertzClemens TX28 Randolph 410&IH35 Camden Southtown Seguin 1:30, GrapeCreek FosterRd 1:38, NuecesRR SmythCrossing 1:40, FM1572 Stuart 1:44, Huber 1:46, CongressScout 1:50, Congress(after dark ~13% of the colony flew a few miles S staying fairly close to the bridge) 1:58, McNeil 2:00, Temple 2:14,
Unstable weather – 40 minutes after sunset (after dark), ~10% of the colony headed 6 miles WNW (~7% to altitude) on E Winds at 7 mph – had been southerly 8-12 mph all afternoon with gusts to 20 mph around 2pm, Temp 83°F, Dew Point 71°F steady, Visibility 10 miles, Mostly Cloudy, 15 Cooling Degree Days, Cloud Base 2736′, RH 67% rising, Heat Index 88°F, BP 29.90 rising, bats viewable until 9:37 pm under streetlights
Cold front from I-10W to Killeen dissapating as it moves S but storms over James River, Frio 1:14, Bracken 1:22, NewBraunfels SchertzClemens Camden Seguin 1:26, TX28 1:34, Longhorn&Western 410&IH35 Fern 1:36, Huber FosterRd 1:40, NuecesRR Dabny SmythCrossing Bracketville Pinto GrapeCreekHS SanAngelo 1:42, OldTunnel Chiroptorium CongressScouts 1:44, Congress(~10% of the colony flew a few miles WNW) 1:48, Ney D’Hanis 1:52, Rucker 1:54, Centerpoint 2:02,
Threat of severe weather – 53 minutes after sunset, ~8% of the colony flew a few miles NW on SE Winds at 9 mph – had been SE 2-10 mph all afternoon with gusts to 22 mph around 3pm, Temp 77°F, Dew Point 69°F falling, Visibility 10 miles, Overcast, 12 Cooling Degree Days, Cloud Base 1824′, RH 77% rising, Heat Index 79°F, BP 29.89 rising, bats viewable until 10:35 pm under streetlights
Rain & storms in a band from DelRio to Fredericksburg moving ENE dissapating as they move across I-35 corridor, Bracken SchertzClemens 1:16, TX28 1:22, 410&IH35 SanPedro Camden 1:30, Culebra&BanderaRd 1:38, Fern GrapeCreek FosterRd SanAngelo 1:44, CongressScouts 1:48, Congress(only~8% of the colony flew a few mile NW) 2:00, other flight suppressed or readings confounded by weather