Elizabetha Starts Across the Gulf of Panama

Elizabetha might finally be headed for South America. Her overnight roost was near the southeast tip of Panama's Azuero Peninsula, just 61 km (38 mi) southeast of her previous day's location. However, a pair of Doppler signals received around daybreak less than 2 hours ago show that she has begun flying over the Pacific to the southeast and was already several kilometers offshore. It's 256 km (159 mi) from that location to the northwest tip of Colombia, or she could possibly fly a somewhat shorter route by veering to the northeast and making landfall in southeastern Panama. Of course, she's been known to just turn around and try again on another day. Tomorrow should tell.