Northern lights predicted in US and UK on Monday night in wake of solar storms angielski

Glowstick, 8 miesięcy temu (edited 8 miesięcy temu)

Anyone got a map? Saying “as far south as the midwest” is a pretty useless descriptor of where this might be seen

EDIT

map

swpc.noaa.gov/…/aurora-viewline-tonight-and-tomor…

Krrygon, 8 miesięcy temu

Thanks for posting the map! Looks like here in central washington, I am out of luck haha. Better luck next time, I s’pose!

Glowstick, 8 miesięcy temu

The red line is the “view line” so you might see a glimpse way off on the horizon

stoy, 8 miesięcy temu

I have the Aurora Pro app on my iPhone, it sends me alerts when the forecast predicts northern lights in my area (around stockholm)

ODuffer, 8 miesięcy temu

Complete cloud coverage predicted in UK, as per usual, until perhaps June.

then_three_more, 8 miesięcy temu

It feels like this has happened a fair few times this year. Is the sun entering a period of heightened activity?

Shdwdrgn, 8 miesięcy temu

But the solar flare was yesterday, if there was going to be any good viewing of auroras it would have been last night, or more likely a couple nights ago (from US time zones). The peak of it occurred shortly after lunch yesterday and it’s calmed down back to normal today.

mihnt, 8 miesięcy temu

I mean, these are highly funded government agencies reporting this from both sides of the planet. You know something they don’t?

Shdwdrgn, 8 miesięcy temu

The agencies were correct about the information, however unlike OP apparently I know how to adjust for time zone differences. Monday morning in Australia is still Sunday in the US, so yes that would have been the correct time for the warning. But this article was posted here a day after the event occurred, all of the warnings expired, and the Kp index had dropped back down to more moderate levels. At the peak of the event the Kp index reached around 8.0. When I posted my comment yesterday it was sitting at 1.66, well below the threshold for seeing auroras anywhere in the continental US. If you had any chance of seeing auroras here it would have had to be Sunday night, not Monday night.