Long-range weather alert - Dec 24th-26th (ish)

Presented below, a pile of various weather images from the GFS and the Euro, agreeing that there may be a major weather event around Christmas.

This is a long ways out, but the models are hinting at something BIG... Timing and exact locations/winds/days are totally unknown at this point - yet they are key to figuring out what birds may arrive (and where)...

Only time will tell!

Also - if this thing comes to pass, blizzard conditions will be likely throughout the province (strong winds with moderate to large amounts of snow) - meaning horrible conditions... May be good to know about this in advance!

I am not really sure WHERE the birds could come from right now, but my hope is the Atlantic... Things will change... BUT - but... I have already done some looking at the nearby coast to see what species we could potentially expect.

Mega, with a chance of possible:

Common Eider
Northern Gannet

Great Cormorant

Dovekie
Razorbll
Thick-billed Murre

Rares:

Black-legged Kittiwake

Brant
Harlequin Duck
Purple Sandpiper

Anything is possible:

Northern Fulmar

Black Skimmer
American Oystercatcher
Atlantic Puffin
Black Guillemot

Insanity:

Common Murre

Saltmarsh Sparrow
Boat-tailed Grackle

Indicator Species: if you see one of these, you deserved an alcid...(hypothetical storm if's)

Great Egret

Black-bellied Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Sanderling
Ruddy Turnstone


Also - an increase in "good gulls" such as Glaucous, Iceland and Lesser Black-backed... Or just an increase in Herring/Great Black-backs - if this storm were to actually happen. Lots of gulls around could show that birds were actually moving...

This is all just crazy talk! But i'll post here as we learn more about a potential storm...