Well that was a bust forecast! An excellent forecast for several nights turned into a no-show for the coronal mass ejection (CME). The North Pole webcam did capture a pretty big, but short show on Sept 1 unrelated to the CME, but was due to a nice sustained negative Bz. You can watch the cam’s…
Northern Europe saw a great show overnight, now is it North America’s turn? The solar winds are pretty low, but the Bz has been trending southward. It was -15 Bz earlier! It has been Kp 4 for many hours, and as of this post, Kp 5. Northern Canada and most of Alaska, and maybe further…
The aurora forecast is looking good for auroras due to the coronal hole high speed stream. Aurora has been seen the last few nights north of Fairbanks, AK where it was clearer. Tonight (Tues) thru Thurs is looking good for auroras for northern latitudes. Rain in Fairbanks and Anchorage continues to block the sky. Aurora…
Aurora season started a couple weeks ago, as it gets dark at night now, although very briefly. As we get closer to September, the far north becomes more and more dark at night. The aurora has been present, but it has been so cloudy and rainy in both Fairbanks and Anchorage, that we only saw…
Kp 6 is forecast tonight, so those in the northern states bordering Canada, have a look to the north! Mid to southern Canada also! For those in southern New Zealand and all of Tasmania, have a look to the south.
