Simon Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 A big CME has us set up for a potential borealis well south of normal. Check your northern horizons after dark this evening
TPS Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 Whenever I hear about "aurora borealis" I think if the film "Local Hero"....
Simon Posted November 4, 2015 Author Posted November 4, 2015 Will it ever hit the SE? If it does, you might want to get your affairs in order. For tonight, I think No. Virginia is about as far south as it could get. Nothing showing yet in the hills of Western Pennsyltucky......
The Poojer Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 Wouldn't be Northern Lights, now would it? Will it ever hit the SE?
Chef Jim Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 Wouldn't be Northern Lights, now would it? Well let's think about this for a minute. Let's say you're in Mexico and you see light coming from a 0 degree heading. Those would be what kind of light?
Simon Posted November 4, 2015 Author Posted November 4, 2015 Well let's think about this for a minute. Let's say you're in Mexico and you see light coming from a 0 degree heading. Those would be what kind of light? coyote headlights?
sodbuster Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 Nothing here in hamburgI'm not seeing them in Brockport either, but I did see a meteor. So not a total waste.
DC Tom Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 Well let's think about this for a minute. Let's say you're in Mexico and you see light coming from a 0 degree heading. Those would be what kind of light? Customs and Border Patrol spotlights.
Buffalo Barbarian Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 Saw nothing. I remember I think it was 1988 that I saw a ton of northern lights that summer, with the coolest one actually forming a ring in the sky and turned from blue to green to orange. it was aweome
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted November 4, 2015 Posted November 4, 2015 I definitely want to see it and from what I was reading our window to see it is closing for about a decade.
Simon Posted November 5, 2015 Author Posted November 5, 2015 I definitely want to see it and from what I was reading our window to see it is closing for about a decade. Chances are probably dropping overall as diminishing sunspots seem to indicate a decline in the solar activity cycle. But the sun is a fairly unpredictable burning ball of hydrogen so we're still going to get bursts, even in a decreasing cycle of activity I guess we just need to hope that we still get some big CME's pointing towards the Earth and that they'll be timed with clear weather to see the results. Or just take a nice long vacation in Norway....
Pete Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 Chances are probably dropping overall as diminishing sunspots seem to indicate a decline in the solar activity cycle. But the sun is a fairly unpredictable burning ball of hydrogen so we're still going to get bursts, even in a decreasing cycle of activity I guess we just need to hope that we still get some big CME's pointing towards the Earth and that they'll be timed with clear weather to see the results. Or just take a nice long vacation in Norway.... Do you think we are closing in on the Maunder minimum? Is a mini ice age in our future?
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