Month: November 2012

the aurora can be seen in North Pole and Two Rivers, possibly the Fairbanks area. Look north and northeast! Current Kp is 0 rising to 1 so far. Temp -34F.

Tonight’s aurora forecast …a CME is expected to sweep past earth sometime tonight/morning. It is expected to produce active and/or unsettled periods. Viewing area could be much of the state of Alaska, with the better show in higher latitudes. The predicted Kp level is a 4, currently it is a 0. It may not be…

I’m not sure why the Geo Phys Institute forecast a Kp 4. Looking at all the data, it just didn’t add up. There may be a small aurora overnight. Tomorrow night is looking good for aurora (Wed night/Thurs morn). How about the lunar eclipse tonight instead? It starts at 315am and peaks at 515am Alaska…

The aurora can be seen in North Pole and Fairbanks. There is a big band sweeping across the sky. Temperature is -23F and the Kp level is a 1 so far. Reported also in Eagle River.

It is really nice to see that the scientists were wrong, and it wasn’t “just me”. It is very validating. Reposting from the NOAA SWPC Facebook page, here is an explanation of what happened to the CME that was predicted to hit earth (resulting in the predicted aurora Saturday night). I could not locate this…