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Health & Fitness

Salamander Migration Update # 13

Tuesday looks like a good bet.

We've had a few false starts over the past two weeks with the weather not panning out as forecast, but our eyes are on Tuesday night right now. If the forecast holds and I was a betting man (I'm not), I'd double down on Tuesday night for the salamander migration to occur. Of course, the odds are always in favor of the House and even sure hands sometimes lose, but the forecast between now and then really looks good to trigger movement. Yesterday was beautiful and warm. All the snow melted and saturated the ground. Today and tomorrow are forecast to be above-normal and nighttime lows for Monday night are expected to remain above freezing. Sometime very late Monday night after midnight, rain is forecast to begin and continue through late afternoon on Tuesday. The rain may be heavy at times with totals now predicted between 1/2" and 3/4". That would be a good soaking rain. Temperatures on Tuesday are forecast to be in the low to mid-50's. All of these factors are what we want to see to trigger the salamanders to migrate. Of course as we've seen, forecasts can fizzle and leave us walking an empty road, but from the vantage point of Sunday morning, I'm thinking this would be a good bet to place. Stay tuned...

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