Month: May 2013

An easy to follow and short video explaining a few things about the aurora. Click here for the YouTube video NASA | Space Weather Vocabulary

There is currently an X-class flare in progress. Possible auroras in a few days for areas where it gets dark at night. More information later as data becomes available.

Fairbanks areas have auroras, but faint due to sunlight and thru clouds.

JBER, Anc, and MatSu have auroras! Possible low on the horizon in the Kodiak and Southeast Alaska areas. Kp 3. Time 1240am

Although light in Anchorage, the aurora is being seen sporadically in that area, as well as the MatSu Valley. The Bz is currently north. When/if it should trend southward, expect auroras into the night until the sun rises in a few short hours. Fairbanks: very cloudy, snowy in some areas, and entirely too light for…