--- paw@trilobyte.net wrote:
Space Weather News for Sept. 14, 2004 http://spaceweather.com Sunspot 798/808 flared twice more yesterday, and at least one of the X-class explosions propelled a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. NOAA forecasters estimate a 70% chance of severe geomagnetic activity when the CME arrives--perhaps tonight, Sept. 14-15. Sky watchers at all latitudes should be alert for auroras. <snip>
Looks like a high potential event to see some low latitude aurora. At 20 UTC 9/14, the Space Environment Center current kp index - http://www.sec.noaa.gov/today.html#satenv and the Costello index - http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rpc/costello/index.html - all are still are low, but the U of Alasksa GSE Javascript forecast movie is modelling the CME encounter from the 9/13 X-1 flare at between 0-1 UTC 9/15 (6-7pm). http://gse.gi.alaska.edu/recent/javascript_movie.html We'll have to see if things pickup over the next few hours for possible evening aurora. - Canopus56(Kurt) __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com