The CME was late to arrive on Saturday morning right before the sun came up in Fairbanks. The entire interior of Alaska had overcast skies preventing us from seeing any potential show. The Kp level rose to 5 on Saturday. Parts of Europe did see a show as it was their nighttime.
Tonight, the forecast is active. We are awaiting arrival of the CME, which could produce a good aurora show! Expect auroras throughout Alaska if your weather is clear, and all the other factors line up. No one knows the time. It could be at nightfall, midnight, or not at all. Just look up to the…
The aurora forecast is quiet for the next couple nights, but expect active displays on Thursday night into Friday morning with the arrival of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). See link for predicted arrival times. If you do not understand this, what this means is that there is not expected to be any aurora until…
Anchorage, Palmer, Wasilla, Eagle River, all reporting auroras toward the north Kp 3, time 945pm
Fairbanks, Alaska and the surrounding region of interior and northern Alaska, is underneath the aurora oval. The aurora oval is the constant halo around the earth’s geomagnetic poles, both north and south. The locations on earth underneath the aurora oval would be considered the best places to see the aurora from. This is because the…
