Northern Lights Tonight (3/7)?

[jordansahls]

Cool Edited March 8, 2012 by jordansahls

[Coldfinger]

Nice post!

[G-spotter]

Looks like it ended a couple hours ago, before it got dark here.

 

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_3d.html

[jordansahls]

Well, it looks like we may have a better night down here in Seattle tonight (If you can get away from the clouds and city lights).

 

From the Geophysical Institute:

A large solar event early on the 7th of March was directly more closely to the Earth-Sun line, and should produce more activity. The debris should reach Earth sometime in the late morning of March 8 GMT. This means that the resulting aurora may be visible late on the night of the 7th/8th from Alaska, but Western Russia, Europe, and the US will probably see activity levels of Kp=5 or greater on the night of March 8/9.

Edited March 8, 2012 by jordansahls