Aurora Borealis tonight!

[Brians356]

Extreme solar event. Best Aurora conditions in a long time. Northern tier residents, alert!

Aurora - 30 Minute Forecast | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center

www.swpc.noaa.gov

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[AccelR8]

From the southern shore of Lake Erie.

 

[Adam in WI]

Jealous... we saw a little change of color. A faint green if you were paying close attention.

 

[misser]

clouds

 

[AccelR8]

Started about 9:30 or so. Began as a pale green band of light directly over head. As we faced North, the first appearance was actually a little bit behind us, if straight up is 90 degrees the first appearance was about maybe 120 degrees. The it spread down towards the horizon. Still going on now.

 

[okie]

Can see them here 15 miles north of tx

 

[Brians356]

More than just pretty lights in the sky:

...EXTREME GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS OBSERVED AND SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC
STORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center has observed extreme (G5)
geomagnetic conditions Friday afternoon and expect severe (G4)
conditions to continue through the weekend.

* A Geomagnetic Storm of this strength can cause multiple and
widespread issues with various power and communication systems.

* Widespread voltage control problems may occur; some power grid
systems may experience component failures, disruption of service
and protective device trips. This could result in blackouts.

* Pipeline currents can reach hundreds of amps.

* GPS and other satellite navigation may be degraded or
unavailable for days.

* High Frequency (HF) radio propagation may be impossible in many
areas for one or two days.

* Low-frequency radio navigation can be out for hours.

* Aurora may be visible at much lower latitudes.

For Space Weather Information visit...www.swpc.noaa.gov
For Weather Information visit...www.weather.gov

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[lb-ft]

Visible in central Oklahoma

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Cell phone camera would pick it up somewhat here.

 

[jds holler]

We're gonna run up the hill in a bit and take a look. We're in southern Oregon. I don't expect much in the way of electro magnetism, but maybe Mrs. jd will feel a little sparky. jd

 

[Brians356]

... maybe Mrs. jd will feel a little sparky. jd

Hope springs eternal.
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[jds holler]

Well, we went up the hill an got this


Then came home, and a little later got this

It's pretty profound, and I don't recall seeing any better in Alaska. jd

 

[nakneker]

A friend in Nova Scotia sent me these images last night.

 

[Adam in WI]

* GPS and other satellite navigation may be degraded or
unavailable for days.

I had a feeling something was up yesterday when auto steer in the tractor couldn't hold a straight line.

 

[BradY]

Same but different… the Aurora Aaustralis tonight from south Western Australia.

 

[okie]

SE Oklahoma

 

[Mr. Ten-X]

Central WI

This CME is expected to last through the weekend, so look at dusk this evening.

 

[Adam in WI]

I had a feeling something was up yesterday when auto steer in the tractor couldn't hold a straight line.

Not sure why all the laughs in response to this. It really does mess with GPS function. During normal field work I typically till every other pass, then come back and till the other passes. This lets me get closer to the headland before raising the disc while turning around, and makes it unnecessary to gear down to turn.

When this suddenly decides it wants to drift several feet off course, I have to come back to the same pass to cover the little strip that got missed. If it becomes obvious that GPS is going to be absent for awhile, I go back to manual and take every pass back to back. A minor annoyance any other day, but definitely frustrating when the planter is only a couple rounds behind.

 

[STS]

From my front porch in Gallatin Gateway Montana.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

I hate that I didn't see this last night and hope to tonight. Pics on facebook from people in this area were pretty amazing, as are these. I saw a little bit of this when I was just a kid, maybe 8-10 years old. People didn't know what it was but it was nothing compared to this one. I remember, it looked a lot like the Windows (window pane) logo from here, back then. Surely a sign...a Windows program logo in the sky over southern Ky in the mid 1970's. Lol! Heard what it was on the late local news.