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The CME never arrived

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…

Auroras are looking great for tonight Aug 30/31 AND Aug 31/Sept 1

Auroras are happening tonight across northern Europe and are expected tonight across Canada and most of Alaska. Poor weather in some locations will block the view. Fairbanks Alaska looking GREAT. The media is hyping up the big storm from the coronal hole high speed stream. It is forecast to arrive on Aug 31/Sept 1. Much…