This morning in Washington County, KY it was overcast and 31 degrees with WNW surface winds at 13mph. Yesterday we reported it looked like the winds would swing around to come out of the WNW overnight. And they did. The winds aloft were also out of the WNW, but but blowing at 40 – 50mph and higher, they were too strong for the cranes and planes.

Last night the winds on the ground were so strong that the crew was worried about the pen and they did pen checks throughout the evening. Around 11pm they found that one of the trailer pen panels had blown down so they had to make the necessary repairs. We expect a report on this from Bev later in the day.

Today will be Day #8 for the crew in Washington County, KY. This is just one day less than the all time record for being stuck on the ground. That happened in 2006 when the migration was stalled for 9 days in Cumberland County, TN.