Posted on 08/05/2011 9:24:26 PM PDT by annie laurie
The effects of the solar events of the past 3 days are have been arriving at Earth and should provide aurora viewing for the next 3 days for the northern tier states in the US, north of England, southern Scandinavia. The skies should be dark enough at midnight south of 60 degrees N Latitude to see this aurora. In the US, the aurora should be visible over most of the northern half of the nation, if the present activity continues.
Larger view forecast for Sunday: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/2011/08/07
Comments for Sunday: Forecast: Auroral activity will be high. Weather permitting, highly active auroral displays will be visible overhead from Inuvik, Yellowknife, Rankin and Igaluit to Juneau, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay and Sept-Iles, and visible low on the horizon from Seattle, Des Moines, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and Halifax.
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I once had the experience of seeing a aurora borealis display back in the early 60’s from a cornfield in Maryland.
I probably saw the same one but from upstate NY.....
Really, as far south as Maryland? I’m surprised to see you can see this from Boston.
I hope I get to see the Northern Lights before I die. I’m in NJ right now, and no, I will not drive to see them this weekend.
Btut, if you tell me it’s worth a gander I’ll wander outside at night tomorrow!
Saw it from northern Wyoming for about 30 minutes at 2300 local.
I saw the northern lights from my yard in northern Maryland about 9 years ago. I watched for at least an hour. It was in the Fall, so the sun had gone down a bit earlier.
I hope we won’t be too cloudy to see it, here in East-Central MA. It’s supposed to be raining off and on for the next week!
Same time & time zone; also saw it for about 30+ minutes. Extreme SW South Dakota, about 50 miles south of Rapid City, 25 east of the Wyoming line.
We get a good view from our garden.
Tuesday night, around midnight MST we also had very clear skies, and in 30-45 minutes we saw 7 early Persieds, plus 5 'stray' meteors; an unusually high count, to say the least. We had gone out to enjoy a look at Jupiter, and got a big bonus.
See my #9; I had both of you in the “TO” box, but for some reason (second time tonight) the posting function dropped the additional recipients.
Rare opportunity to see something VERY dramatic.
Saw it from northern Wyoming for about 30 minutes at 2300 local.
Same time & time zone; also saw it for about 30+ minutes. Extreme SW South Dakota, about 50 miles south of Rapid City, 25 east of the Wyoming line.
We get a good view from our garden.
Tuesday night, around midnight MST we also had very clear skies, and in 30-45 minutes we saw 7 early Persieds, plus 5 ‘stray’ meteors; an unusually high count, to say the least. We had gone out to enjoy a look at Jupiter, and got a big bonus.
Glad you both got to see it ... I am envious :) It’s something I’ve wished to see since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, but I’ve always lived too far south. I may try tomorrow night, when I believe the peak intensity is supposed to occur ... just in case :)
Good luck looking!
First time I saw them, I was twelvish. It was in extreme northern California, (central Siskiyou County) about 1957...deer season. It was a remote, electricity-less ranch, so no competing lights. We got up before day break (of course) with about 8-12” of snow on the ground, a clear sky, and a slightly pulsing, deep orange-red glow on the northern horizon. At first, we all thought it was a distant forest fire, but it was an aurora display. One can never forget sights like that.
We saw them a few times while we were living in southern Oregon, but last solar max, we were here in SD, and could drive about 12 miles to a fairly dark location in Wind Cave National Park to observe.
Since moving onto our ranch, we now only have to walk 150 yards or so to the garden area to get a good, unobstructed view to the north.
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