Aurora Borealis tonight and tomorrow (Saturday and Sunday)

[molyflogs.livejournal.com]

A pretty darn impressive sunspot eruption has sent a coronal mass ejection our way, and we should be able to see the aurora borealis at our latitude tonight and tomorrow night. The forecasts are difficult to really pin down, as far as where the grand show will be visible, and sometimes, they're way off and you can't see anything, and other times, they're way off and you can see them right overhead. But yes, there should be visible aurora activity tonight.

You're not going to be able to see them in the city... there's just way too much light pollution. It also may or may not be cloudy. Right now, the forecast for tonight is partly cloudy and for tomorrow is mostly cloudy. Partly cloudy is fine, though! 

When this happens, we tend to head up to Gloucester. It's dark enough there. 

Details here: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/2

Comments

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this! I'll be in Quincy tonight, where there's (ever so) slightly less light pollution. I'll look!

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this. to see the aurora borealis is on my list of things to do before i die. Will try to see it, though with kids it becomes harder to jump in a zipcar at midnight and drive north....

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Wonder if I'll be able to see it from Hull tomorrow night.

[somervilleguy.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up. I just watched it out of my attic window facing due north. Something I never thought I would see here in Somerville. Scratch one off the bucket list

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

around what time? we looked out several of our attic windows but didn't see it. but also, i was tired and went to bed at 10:15 and was too lazy to get up and look again later. I'll try again tonight if i have an idea of what time...

[molyflogs.livejournal.com]

The aurora was dead until about 1am last night. I didn't see it... I wussed out and went to sleep around 11. :(

[littlecitynames.livejournal.com]

This might be visible tonight? Any predictions on what time?

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

glad i'm not the only person who (unfortunately) now values sleep over staying up doing cool stuff. I used to be cool! really! ;)

[molyflogs.livejournal.com]

It's still going strong right now: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast

So maybe tonight!

My kid is only 6 months old, but someday, I swear I will be the kind of parent who wakes up my kid at 2am to look at something awesome.

[siderea]

In case you happen to be on the computer at this moment: I just (11:22pm) checked the short-term (1hr) predictor and it's saying now is good.

[littlecitynames.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) I was going to go with friends, but we decided it's not worth the 45 minute drive to the North Shore on a Sunday night for the tiny possibility that the clouds would break long enough to see it. Stupid clouds.

[siderea]

Yeah, I was just out and d'oh!

[somervilleguy.livejournal.com]

I just looked again and it seems to be too cloudy and the forecast is for drizzle so I don't expect it to get better.

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

ha, some day I will also be that kind of parent. :)

I checked a few times last night, but way too cloudy. If i had seen it, i would have gotten the 4.5 year old up to see it. heck, with a 6 month old, i'm surprised you aren't up at 2am anyways. :P