eekuasepinniW Posted May 10, 2024 Share Posted May 10, 2024 We're gonna be too far north. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted May 10, 2024 Share Posted May 10, 2024 Like do those of us in a city have a chance even with light pollution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/10/2024 at 11:58 PM, Chrisrotary12 said: Like do those of us in a city have a chance even with light pollution? Expand Should be able to see it as long as you aren’t in downtown I think and the clouds cooperate. Kp is 9 now with a Bz of -43. I’ve never seen those numbers before since I started following loosely in the early 2000s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFCIAF Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 I truly regret living in Boston right now (south end). Northern lights are one of the things I want to see most on this world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 Spaceweather page now shows KP all the way down to 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/11/2024 at 12:02 AM, ORH_wxman said: Should be able to see it as long as you aren’t in downtown I think and the clouds cooperate. Kp is 9 now with a Bz of -43. I’ve never seen those numbers before since I started following loosely in the early 2000s. Expand Overhead? Low on horizon? Or 45 degrees? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/11/2024 at 12:08 AM, wxeyeNH said: Spaceweather page now shows KP all the way down to 3 Expand The raw data shows 9.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 Namibia getting in on the action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/11/2024 at 12:18 AM, Chrisrotary12 said: Namibia getting in on the action. Expand Some of the lowest light pollution in the world there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 Skunked down here. Folks up 91, is it clearing out up there? Should I hop in the car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/11/2024 at 12:23 AM, Hoth said: Skunked down here. Folks up 91, is it clearing out up there? Should I hop in the car? Expand I feel like it’s gonna be hit or miss for a while. The skies are def looking decent facing northeast right now here but there’s still a lot of crap around in all other directions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 wish I was home.. cat sitting/ house sitting in Agawam the next 4 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/11/2024 at 12:29 AM, ORH_wxman said: I feel like it’s gonna be hit or miss for a while. The skies are def looking decent facing northeast right now here but there’s still a lot of crap around in all other directions. Expand Okay, thanks Will. Very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 Kp index falling quickly again. Hopefully next wave hits once it’s really dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/10/2024 at 11:55 PM, dendrite said: Clear skies ftw. Let’s do this. I feel like in 2003 we were already seeing coronas at this time of evening. Expand that's got to be the year I was heading to Canada and saw it.. one of the coolest things I've seen headed through vermont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/11/2024 at 12:34 AM, ORH_wxman said: Kp index falling quickly again. Hopefully next wave hits once it’s really dark. Expand Where do you see the real time updates of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/11/2024 at 12:35 AM, CT Rain said: Where do you see the real time updates of that? Expand Link I posted earlier updates fairly quickly. https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity.html someone may have an even better one. If they do they should post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma blizzard Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/real-time-solar-wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 Yeah KP tanked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 Only time I have ever seen the Northern Lights was in the winter of 97 when the comet was easily visible too, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/11/2024 at 12:42 AM, klw said: Only time I have ever seen the Northern Lights was in the winter of 97 when the comet was easily visible too, Expand I remember in Mar ‘97 when I would go to my cousins’ place in Princeton you could see the tail going almost halfway across the sky. It was awesome. Back down in Worcester the light pollution made it only a very short tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 Back up to Kp=7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 This is the longest it's ever taken to get dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/11/2024 at 12:47 AM, CT Rain said: Back up to Kp=7 Expand Yeah that was a quick spike. Maybe we can shoot it to a new high if it has some momentum. Bz is down near -45 right now too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/10/2024 at 8:53 PM, dendrite said: Boing Let’s see how we can screw this up. Kp forecast is around 8 and Bz is pushing -40. Expand Even that’s boring. Were screwing it up with our normal cloud cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 How we doing on cloud cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 I'm sitting in my car looking over Newfound Lake to the north and central New Hampshire. Mostly clear skies but cannot see any Aurora yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 Just got to my spot on Lake Ontario, not a cloud in the sky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/11/2024 at 12:38 AM, CoastalWx said: Yeah KP tanked Expand back up to a 7 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 11, 2024 Share Posted May 11, 2024 Clouds ftl right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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