Magnetic Storm

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As you may or may not be aware, there is a magnetic storm going on right now.

It is being caused by Coronal Mass Ejection, specifically from AR1302. There is a good chance in the next 24 hours of an X-class ejection; Should that happen, watch the skies - it's going to be spectacular.


Planetary Kp value just went up from 3 to 4; This means that Aurora will be visible further south than usual. It's expected to keep rising for the next 24 hours, before capping out at 8.





Specific geographical regions.




This image will periodically update. If you are under the blue canopy, look to the north, and if you're lucky, you'll see Aurora.

You should also be able to hear it; I don't know the frequencies, though. Look on UHF bands.

Space Weather
An Explaination

If it should get to 8, do not rely on your GPS, because it's going to lie to you.

[Peter]

Fuck all chance of seeing anything with this cloud cover.

[Icequeen]

Thanks Pikajedi3, looks like I'm on the edge of the line.

I'll be looking.

[Phallacy]

The skies should be clear tonight in my area, so I'll keep a lookout.

[ῦ]

Revised Forecast;

Now: Kp= 2 quiet
24-hr max: Kp= 7 strong

Little chance of Aurora, but that's about an hour out of date now.

[Scrapheap]

I'm WAAAAAAAAAYY too far south to see that.

['andersom']

Clear sky. If only I lived where I was born now. I live only just below the blue.

[Queen Victoria]

The Aurora Borealis is something I've always wanted to see IRL.  I don't think it will ever be visible from New Orleans under anything less than catastrophic conditions.

['andersom']

The Aurora Borealis is something I've always wanted to see IRL.  I don't think it will ever be visible from New Orleans under anything less than catastrophic conditions.

Always wanted to see it too. I had been telling my girls a while ago that maybe this year, it would be visible where we live. Promised I'd wake them for it too, would it happen.

[midlifeaspie]

So ... it's happening, it isn't happening?  WTF?

[ῦ]

So ... it's happening, it isn't happening?  WTF?

"maybe".

It depends on when you are, and when the coronal discharge happens, and in which direction.

However, right now it's probably going to come our way in the next 24 hours.

[skyblue1]

So ... it's happening, it isn't happening?  WTF?

"maybe".

It depends on when you are, and when the coronal discharge happens, and in which direction.

However, right now it's probably going to come our way in the next 24 hours.

they showed Denmark on the news a little while ago. Looked spectacular

[ῦ]

Holy shit, look at the map again.

The Kp is going up again - back at 3.

[midlifeaspie]

I'm trying really hard to get excited about this .... but ..... 

[ῦ]

I'm trying really hard to get excited about this .... but ..... 

Alright, let me make it a little more exciting; The Aurora is the most harmless part.

If it gets strong - if AR1302 actually ejects in our direction - GPS will stop working, orbital bodies will be damaged or destroyed (that's what killed Skylab and made it reenter early), and it could potentially take out the grid - as it did in Quebec in 1989, and as when it took out Toronto later in the same year. There will be intense radiation bursts coming off the outer atmosphere and into space; Pity those on the ISS if that happens.