Rush Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Back to back. Could be good. My friend just landed in Iceland. What good timing for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undertakerson2.0 Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 My wife is gonna side eye me big time - I've been putting off her " I wanna go to Iceland" for the past several months now. Maybe if I set the alarm just a bit earlier, she'll see them here and back off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail_On_Me Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 1 hour ago, Undertakerson2.0 said: My wife is gonna side eye me big time - I've been putting off her " I wanna go to Iceland" for the past several months now. Maybe if I set the alarm just a bit earlier, she'll see them here and back off. Same sunspot just exploded again this time stronger. A X9.1 strongest flare on the current cycle. Preliminary reports suggest another halo CME was launched. Very exciting times again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rush Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Tomorrow night will be the night. Hoping we can break KP8 and have a repeat of May. https://x.com/NWSSWPC/status/1841949175585419434?t=HUBOrKtq-SqNxBYJu3ArGw&s=19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail_On_Me Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 8 minutes ago, Rush said: Tomorrow night will be the night. Hoping we can break KP8 and have a repeat of May. https://x.com/NWSSWPC/status/1841949175585419434?t=HUBOrKtq-SqNxBYJu3ArGw&s=19 During May they were also only forecasting a G3 storm but stated it had potential for more. That one was a Cannibal CME where later blasts caught up with earlier blasts and the energy combined right when it hit Earth, The same thing can happen here as the CME from the X9.1 was significantly more potent. This is also the time of year where CMEs have more of an effect on the magnetic sphere according to NASA. I would bet on this on exceeding G3 and possibly competing with May. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undertakerson2.0 Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 All quiet out there. So far this thing is a bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 Kp is up to 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Could be good tonight especially across the northern states. Clouding up here now. Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Reports of northern lights here in Ohio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Kp is currently at 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Got up to 7.5 last night. Seemed to peak more out west. I saw photos as far south as Texas. My phone did trigger an alert but didn't go past my DND settings. Need to fix that. Don't think it would have been anything spectacular here. Anyone up north stay up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clm Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 20 hours ago, Rush said: Got up to 7.5 last night. Seemed to peak more out west. I saw photos as far south as Texas. My phone did trigger an alert but didn't go past my DND settings. Need to fix that. Don't think it would have been anything spectacular here. Anyone up north stay up? Saw nothing, then again, Long Island lights up the sky by itself. So any faint auroras will be drowned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 X1.8 earth facing. Tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted October 10 Author Admin Share Posted October 10 On 10/8/2024 at 4:05 AM, Rush said: Got up to 7.5 last night. Seemed to peak more out west. I saw photos as far south as Texas. My phone did trigger an alert but didn't go past my DND settings. Need to fix that. Don't think it would have been anything spectacular here. Anyone up north stay up? Clouded out up here. Forecasts are decent for tonight though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 (edited) 9 hours ago, MaineJay said: Clouded out up here. Forecasts are decent for tonight though Going crazy already in Asia. Should be good tonight. KP8 right now. 9+ tonight possible?? Edited October 10 by Rush 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipwreck Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 (edited) Hoping to see them in SE PA tonight. Looking very promising right now: Here is the briefing from SWPC on the CME event yesterday explaining the various models and observations/measurements they have to predict the geomagnetic severity - very interesting! Edited October 10 by Shipwreck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted October 10 Author Admin Share Posted October 10 Bz is rising a bit, need to see that -20 or lower, as in more negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipwreck Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 8 minutes ago, MaineJay said: Bz is rising a bit, need to see that -20 or lower, as in more negative. I had to look that up - so Bt is the magnitude of the solar wind magnetic field, and Bz is the orientation. So I gather if it is strongly negative it is aligned southward, making a stronger interaction with the earth's magnetic field? Do I understand that correctly? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 14 minutes ago, MaineJay said: Bz is rising a bit, need to see that -20 or lower, as in more negative. Just got my first alert from my app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted October 10 Author Admin Share Posted October 10 12 minutes ago, Rush said: Just got my first alert from my app. Getting a little excited. Still 60-75% cloud cover, but I expect it to clear. Too windy for a drone right now though, really hoping to try a time lapse with it, so hope it dies down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted October 10 Author Admin Share Posted October 10 8.33 with Bz -30. Let's do this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted October 10 Author Admin Share Posted October 10 Geez I effing jinxed it. Dropped to 6.33 and Bz up to 0. What a rollercoaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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