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6-radar sites down across the country; including ENX and GYX. 

Maybe it's some time of flaying saucers and the aliens are coming to take down our meteorological network in time for a category 5 hurricane to ride up the East Coast in a month 

9 minutes ago, Cyclone-68 said:

It would be kinda interesting if that radar contact and those dead birds were related somehow. 
Space cats?

Maybe Big Foot got sophisticated and got an aircraft  

Hmm I found a hole with two bird feathers in it 

hmm just looking at that radar loop. Rather intriguing. Looking at CC the values appear to be insanely low so it's certainly non-meteorological phenomena. It was a pretty uniform formation and propagation too...maybe a series of military planes? 

25 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

Oh man, I've had some delicious jalapeño margaritas before. Never with watermelon, but the spice is nice. 

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

15 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Cats #1 Threat to Birds

Predation by domestic cats is the number-one direct, human-caused threat to birds in the United States and Canada. In the United States alone, outdoor cats kill approximately 2.4 billion birds every year.

Maybe there's a killer cat prowling around. 

Looks like the line with the cold front goes through Providence around 6 AM. May head to Providence around 3 AM and hopefully there will be some decent lightning in the line as it nears Providence by then but idk. Elevated CAPE doesn't look terrible and HREF thunderstorm probs are pretty decent. 

14 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Are they predatory birds or just regular sparrows? Sometimes poisoned mice end up poisoning carnivorous raptors further up the food chain.

They are regular sparrows. 

10 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Probably cats

Don't think it's cats. Don't see any cats roaming around. One thought is there is a nest which isn't terribly high up off the ground (7-8 feet at most) and some animal is getting into the nest. But the dead birds for the most part have been well away from the nest. 

4 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Could be. Question: does your gf have large windows at her house? I've known birds to kill themselves by running into the glass, and on one occasion even lost its head.

We've been finding them not close to any windows. 

Animal Control mentioned the Avian flu...they also mentioned it's possible someone could be poisoning them. They directed me to Department of Agriculture so I left a message to call back. I guess depending on what we explain to them they may decide to send someone out and test the bird. 

10 minutes ago, Hoth said:

There's a pretty nasty disease going through the population affecting vision, but missing heads sounds like another issue.

yeah the missing head part is very puzzling. Wondering if some animal is getting them after they're dead? 

Has anyone been noticing dead birds in their yards recently? I know there was the issue last year with birds, but I just found another dead bird in my girlfriend's yard and this is the 6th or 7th dead bird over the past 6 weeks. They have been a mixture of babies and non-babies and some have even been missing heads. Not sure if some animal is getting them or not but it's a bit concerning. My girlfriend said she noticed 3 last year too. She does have a dog but we know it's not the dog b/c we watch him outside. I just called animal control and left a message. 

Just now, Hoth said:

Nighttime is made for spiders.

No that's gasoline 

3 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Under the cover of dark?

Lightning is made for nighttime. 

Thinking of going to Providence at like 4-5 AM and hoping to get some good lightning with the convection

Yikes...if convection can develop Thursday PM in the Hudson Valley there is potential for some supercells. Pretty rich surge of llvl theta-e and quite a bit of low-level wind shear.

Could see some nice elevated convection tomorrow night 

Wednesday PM looks a bit interesting if storms can re-develop 

3 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Look at that flooder in Springfield. Wonder what’s causing that 

rain

Not bad…probably gusted 30-35 at the height. Not a ton of lightning but some good flashes 

17 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Not following terribly closely, but shame you couldn’t get on that Scranton cell. It looks nice. 

That was one of our target areas today too  

5 minutes ago, TheBudMan said:

 

Where'd you go Wiz ?  looks like a good cell moved through Vestal ! 

Started out in Oneonta and then have worked SW to Binghamton 

Went to Binghamton. They got whacked with round 1 but think the boundary is much closer to here. Hopefully round 2 will perform too 

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Why would I go to NYS to chase rain? Its right IMBY.

Humidity too 

Y’all should have just came to NY

I hope this batch coming in from Syracuse doesn’t a few things up. Don’t see it strengthening much either