Date: 11/02/2007

Number: 1

Now that I look at the wind charts again, they are closer than I thought at first. This is what my notes showed ...
a quick glance at the long week ...

Oct 23 (Tues) Wind strong out of W up to 50 mph


Oct 24 NW @ 15+ 400/hr NE at dark


Oct 25 NW 10-15 800+/hr predicted to change to N


Oct 26 (Fri) 12:00 2300/hr NW light
2:15 4000/hr NNW @5 huge numbers across causeway
3:30 - 4:30 very light NNW to NNE to E
big clusters on west side of peninsula after dark


Oct 27 250/hr NNE early to NE but light


Oct 28 40/hr NE 10-18 mph


Oct 29 am NNW 90/hr after 12:30 NNE to NE 40/hr
then picked up to 10-15 out of NNE


Oct 30 (Tues) NNW light winds, calm midday, NNE late
100/hr


Oct 31 light NW am 100/hr changed to E and SE by 2:00


Nov 1 light NNW am 60/hr light NE after 1:30



Nov 2 light NW am N by 12:00 NE turning to SE by 2:30
120/hr in am high fliers

I may have mistyped something, but this is what my fingers are thinking on a Friday night. We seldom have a streak of this much light NW-NNW wind with crystal blue skies.
Only for a couple of days the vast majority of the monarchs here have been flowing past before 1:00 when there was still some light NW wind ... many hours of just calm.
The first few clouds showed up today and I thought it was a balloon race

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Port Lavaca, TX

Latitude: 28.5 Longitude: -96.7

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