Saturday April 13, 2024
Flight: 8:30 pm
Scouts: 8:24 pm
-30 minutes after sundown (at dark) only ~5% of the colony braved gusty winds to fly 20 miles NW (~7% of those few flew to altitude) on S Winds at 13 mph – had been southerly 14-23 mph all afternoon with gusts to 28 mph around 7pm, Temp 74°F, Dew Point 57°F falling, Visibility 10 miles, A Few Clouds, 5 Cooling Degree Days, Cloud Base 3876′, RH 56% rising, Heat Index N/A. BP 30.04 falling, bats viewable until 9:51 pm under streetlights
Saturday April 13, 2024
Frio 0:56, BeeCavePark 1:00, Bracken 1:08, NewBraunfels SchertzClemens 1:20, Chiroptorium Huber McNeil Wimberley SanMarcos SMCenterpoint TX28 410&IH35 Camden SanPedro 1:24, BalconesHeights SALutheranHS Seguin 1:28, Stuart Rucker 1:30, OldTunnel WellsBranch Howard CongressScouts Dittmar SanAngelo FosterRd 1:32, DavisBlowout Congress(only ~5% of the colony flew 20 miles NW on gusty winds) 1:38, Ney SunnyClime Knippa Uvalde NuecesRR Nueces90 Dabny FM1572 GrapeCreekHS 1:40, D’Hanis 1:44, EaglePass Fern 1:52, Castroville 1:56,
Saturday April 13, 2024
7:50 pm – 8:20 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.
Sunset: 7:57 pm
Dark: 8:27 pm (10-20 minutes earlier if cloudy)
Sunrise: 7:06 am
Friday April 12, 2024
Flight: 8:20 pm
Scouts: 8:16 pm
24 minutes after sunset (at dark), ~34% of the colony headed 12 miles NNW (14% to altitude) on S Winds at 10 mph – had been S 12-17 mph all afternoon with gusts to 24 mph around 6pm, Temp 73°F, Dew Point 53°F falling, Visibility 10 miles, Mostly Cloudy, 1 Heating Degree Day, Cloud Base 4560′, RH 50% steady, Heat Index N/A, BP 30.17 steady, bats viewable until 9:11 pm under streetlights
Friday April 12, 2024
Upper-level disturbance crossing IH10 in the Hill Country from the W, Bracken 0:40, Frio 0:50, Chiroptorium McNeil Camden 1:10, NewBraunfels SCUCISD SchertzClemens Randolph SanPedro 1:14, Huber 1:16, Seguin 1:18, DavisBlowout Wimberley 1:22, CongressScouts BlaconesHeights Stuart 1:24, OldTunnel SALutheranHS 1:26, Congress(34% of the colony flew 12 miles NNW) ABIA 1:28, BeaverCreek WellsBranch Howard 1:30, NuecesRR 1:32, SunnyClime Knippa Uvalde SmythCrossing GrapeCreekHS SanAngelo FosterRd 1:36, EaglePass ElMoral 1:38, D’Hanis 1:44,
Friday April 12, 2024
7:50 pm – 8:20 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.
Sunset: 7:56 pm
Dark: 8:26 pm (10-20 minutes earlier if cloudy)
Sunrise: 7:07 am
Thursday April 11, 2024
Flight: 8:10 pm
Scouts:
Great viewing – 17 minutes after sunset, ~68% of the colony headed 16 miles S (30% to altitude) on E Winds at 6 mph – had been northerly 9-15 mph all afternoon with gusts to 24 mph around 1pm, Temp 72°F, Dew Point 48°F steady, Visibility 10 miles, Fair, 0 Heating / 0 Cooling Degree Days, Cloud Base 5472′, RH 43% rising, Heat Index N/A, BP 30.07 rising, bats viewable until 9:45 pm under streetlights
Thursday April 11, 2024
Great night to be a bat, FrioScouts 0:20, Frio magnificent at 0:26, Bracken 0:32, Chiroptorium BeeCavePark 1:00, Stuart 1:04, Rucker 1:06, Huber 1:10, ABIA 1:12, DavisBlowout McNeil 1:18, OldTunnel WellsBranch Howard Congress(68% of the colony flew 16 miles S – 30% to altitude) Wimberley SanMarcos SMCenterpoint Camden BalconesHeights Seguin 1:20, Bracketville 1:22, NLamar UT Loyola Dittmar Buda Kyle Lockhart Floresville SMRB(Slayden) 1:24, Uvalde FM1572 1:26, Temple BeaverCreek Ney Pinto 1:30, D’Hanis 1:32, EaglePass ElMoral(Coahuila) GrapeCreek SanAngelo 1:36, Laughlin DelRio 1:40, FosterRd 1:48, Fern 1:54,
Thursday April 11, 2024
7:50 pm – 8:20 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. Probably won’t be great tonight, unless the winds die down
Sunset: 7:56 pm
Dark: 8:26 pm (10-20 minutes earlier if cloudy)
Sunrise: 7:09 am
Wednesday April 10, 2024
Flight: 8:18 pm
Scouts:
23 minutes after sunset, ~8% of the colony braved gusty winds to fly 8 miles S on NW Winds at 14 mph – gusts to 35 mph at 8pm – had been NW 14-22 mph & gusty all afternoon, Temp 66°F, Dew Point 49°F falling, Visibility 10 miles, A Few Clouds, 1 Heating Degree Days, Cloud Base 3876′, RH 54% rising, Heat Index N/A, BP 29.86 rising, bats viewable until 10:25 pm under streetlights