Saturday, March 23, 2019

Possible Aurora Tonight?


A LOT of hype about tonight’s potential for Northern Lights.  The forecast looked VERY promising.  Unfortunately, the results are pretty underwhelming.  Around noon today it should have been around KP6 (visible from here at night)…..  Unfortunately, it was quiet to KP1….  This event may have slipped by earth…..  Then again it may just be late….  Auroras are very fickle and hard to predict.  Cloud cover is always a concern, but it cleared out nicely this afternoon… 


The other concern is the bright moon that can wash out the view….  I have also attached are a couple of snips from Spaceweather….  Not an optimistic outlook.  



I will be running my good night cam tonight that updates every 60 seconds.  It starts updating 60 minutes after sunset and stops 60 minutes before sunrise.  






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