The Aurora Show is ON

The SUN

[per loin]

IMPACT: The coronal mass ejection described below has reached Earth (at approximately 0630 UT on Oct. 29th) and apparently triggered a strong geomagnetic storm. Red auroras have been spotted as far south as central California. Stay tuned for updates.

[Don W]

Well, still nothing here, except that my microwave "forgot" what time it is. That never happens (it's 1 1/2 yrs old, top of the line).

I know it's there, I just ain't getting the visuals.

Dang, I wish I were on our farm in Chipman!

[non-anonymous]

Overcast, but glowing skies in southern MN.

[Porterville]

I live in Los Osos overlooking Morro Bay and although the view is always beautiful, the only lights I see are from the stars and the rotations of the lighthouse. Ocasionally I will see the stars bleeding together and realize it is just probably a flashback.

[Rams82]

All the neighborhood dogs here are going crazy but I don't see anything

[per loin]

Quiet sky here now. Wish the city would turn off all its lights.

[Crispy]

Well, since I am sitting here bored at work in Clackamas, I decided to go check it out. I drove to the biggest hill around and parked at Portland Lincold Memorial Park. I did not see anything, probably because of the city lights and half the sky was cloudy. Eventually some security guard kicked me out of there. I never heard of a park that was private property before.

If there is a show tomorrow night, I will try to check it out from my home. Or since I will be off work, maybe I will drive up to Mt. Hood. Not much to do on your days off when you are up all night.

[stlnative]

here in Southern IL way out in the country... I went out at about 3:15am and saw a constant glow to the north. Skys were all clear and all the stars were shining brightly. The I just went out again (it is nearly 4:15am now) and the constant glow is still there to the north but the sky above appears cloudy now. Is the cloudy look in the sky the Aurora? - I didn't see any sudden changes or flashes at all.

[Crispy]

Lincold = Lincoln

Damn, I am tired.

[per loin]

Judging by the chart of the auroral donut, the storm seems to have retreated a bit to the north. Hopefully it will come back south as the night progresses.

[stlnative]

never mind... we have clouds coming in now, so what I am seeing is the clouds that have been moving in over the last hour.

[Centurion2000]

I'm in Dallas too .... saw a few wisps of it ... oddly enough I think this is a once in a lifetime show.

[BlessedBeGod]

Here in the NW Chicago suburbs -- nada.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Here in Huntsville, Texas Nothing.
No problems with dish TV or broadband internet.
4:45 am CST.

[jennyp]

Judging by the chart of the auroral donut, the storm seems to have retreated a bit to the north. Hopefully it will come back south as the night progresses.

What's the webpage for that?

Hubby & I drove up to Alki for a better look. Nothing too see in the clear patches. Hubby thinks y'all are suffering a mass delusion. :-)

[per loin]

Just south of Seattle here, and nothing for the last hour and a half or so. I hope that one blast wasn't all we're gonna get.

[per loin]

Poor hubby! That chart is here. We want to see the red portion of the donut covering our area. Right now the Canucks are hogging the show.

[Siegfried]

Hey, it's still out there. At least I can still see it from The Dalles, Oregon. It's diminished a good bit from what it was at 1:30 am, but there's still a blue-green glow all across the northern horizon.

Earlier, when it was brighter, I saw streamers (I think they're called). They looked like faint spotlights shining up from the northern horizon. And these were reddish colored. They lasted anywhere from 5 to 15 seconds and would decrease and reappear in a slightly different place. I've seen streamers before, but this is the first time I've seen a reddish colored one.

[Monitor]

Just got back from driving out into the country north of Milwaukee in hopes of seeing this. Nada. Nothing. Too many clouds, so not even stars were visible.

[per loin]

The magnetometer is rising steeply at the moment. If it continues to rise, we'll get some more sky show.

[per loin]

Big spike in magnemometer readings. Greenish northern sky from Seattle area.