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Title: Northern Lights/Aurora borealis tonight
Post by: ghi on December 20, 2015, 07:50:28 PM

According to this sites should be visible below 40 degrees north latitude, from Oregon to NY,  to  UK ; I'm moving out to check; :banana: :x

http://www.aurora-service.org/aurora-forecast/

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
http://www.solarham.net/
 http://www.spaceweather.com/
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index

right now Kp index is 6.7 ;, map shows the lowest visible latitude vs  Kp;

(http://www.aurora-service.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/north-america-kp-map.jpg)

Title: Re: Northern Lights/Aurora borealis tonight
Post by: Meatwad on December 20, 2015, 08:28:54 PM

And its cloudy here, of course  :mad:

but I can hear auroral flutter on 6 meters cw pointing north

Title: Re: Northern Lights/Aurora borealis tonight
Post by: ghi on December 20, 2015, 09:00:26 PM

Same here mostly cloudy, I could see the Moon for a short period; most of the continent is overcast with this mild  El Nino weather from Pacific ; http://ge.ssec.wisc.edu/modis-today/

Title: Re: Northern Lights/Aurora borealis tonight
Post by: Groth on December 22, 2015, 09:00:52 PM

 I miss these..live too far south now.
 Maybe I can fire-up my giant Tesla generator in the garage.....

                                                                                    JGroth

Title: Re: Northern Lights/Aurora borealis tonight
Post by: Ripsnort on December 23, 2015, 02:44:42 PM

Quote from: Groth on December 22, 2015, 09:00:52 PM

I miss these..live too far south now.
 Maybe I can fire-up my giant Tesla generator in the garage.....

                                                                                    JGroth

 :D

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uFUNPpn4080/hqdefault.jpg)

Title: Re: Northern Lights/Aurora borealis tonight
Post by: ghi on December 23, 2015, 03:22:40 PM

they burn well , but some have funny plates; :lol

(http://i.imgur.com/5RDoSOR.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/TEZTBjMTPoI/AAAAAAADGAw/7X9btQ_k0j4/s800/LOL-OIL-TESLA-01.jpg)

Title: Re: Northern Lights/Aurora borealis tonight
Post by: ghi on December 29, 2015, 10:26:31 PM

G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm likely tomorrow December 30;

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g3-strong-geomagnetic-storming-likely-30-december

http://www.spaceweather.com/

http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=2038-01-23%2000:44:00&window=-1&cygnetId=261