G4 magnetic storm in progress. Aurora should be visible quite far south, but
cloud cover in the SW will restrict my viewing the met office webcams.

http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...cam/index.html

Graeme Whipps wrote:
G4 magnetic storm in progress. Aurora should be visible quite far south, but
cloud cover in the SW will restrict my viewing the met office webcams.

I was out about 20 minutes ago having a look - nice clear sky, but the
moon's a bit of a problem. No sign of any activity.

--
Steve Loft, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire. 1417ft ASL
http://www.wanlockhead.org.uk/weather/
Free weather softwa http://cumulus.nybbles.co.uk/
Experimental webcam: http://www.wanlockhead.org.uk/webcam.php

Graeme Whipps wrote:
G4 magnetic storm in progress. Aurora should be visible quite far
south, but cloud cover in the SW will restrict my viewing the met
office webcams.
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...cam/index.html

You can see the Auroras on the webcams now.

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:44:02 +0000, Steve Loft
wrote:

No sign of any activity.

Have a look now, Steve; a red curtain from NW to N (difficult to see
further without going outside) extending up to the zenith.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow.
Overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
Web cam at http://www.ufcnet.net/~alanlesley1/kabcam.htm

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:40:55 +0000 (UTC), "Graeme Whipps"
wrote:

G4 magnetic storm in progress. Aurora should be visible quite far south, but
cloud cover in the SW will restrict my viewing the met office webcams.

http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...cam/index.html

Cheers, superb display in Edinburgh. Pictures to follow.

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:59:34 -0000, Marven Lee wrote in


Graeme Whipps wrote:
G4 magnetic storm in progress. Aurora should be visible quite far
south, but cloud cover in the SW will restrict my viewing the met
office webcams.
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...cam/index.html

You can see the Auroras on the webcams now.

Yes, there is an obvious one on this cam at Aboyne:

http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...jpg?1106333807

--
Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 21/01/2005 19:09:34 UTC

- And on Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:06:02 +0000, it was spake thus in said in message Alan White :

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:44:02 +0000, Steve Loft
wrote:

No sign of any activity.

Have a look now, Steve; a red curtain from NW to N (difficult to see
further without going outside) extending up to the zenith.

As in another thread, I can see it in town in North Yorks
--
Nick in Northallerton
www.whelan.me.uk
Also nickw7coc on
Yahoo Messenger
& on MSN Messenger

quick !!

Check the eskdalemuir cam

Amazing !!

Alan White wrote:

Have a look now, Steve; a red curtain from NW to N (difficult to see
further without going outside) extending up to the zenith.


Yes indeed. We've been out for a while and Mrs L has been taking photos.
Not very good, I'm afraid, as we have no experience of taking aurora
pics, but we'll put the better ones on the web shortly.

--
Steve Loft, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire. 1417ft ASL
http://www.wanlockhead.org.uk/weather/
Free weather softwa http://cumulus.nybbles.co.uk/
Experimental webcam: http://www.wanlockhead.org.uk/webcam.php

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:44:02 +0000, Steve Loft wrote:

I was out about 20 minutes ago having a look - nice clear sky, but
the moon's a bit of a problem.

Just come in after seeing the posts, I'd forgotten about that rather
large X class flare... As you say Steve nice clear sky but the moon is
rather bright and high it'll be a while before that sets if it does
before day break. B-(

No sign of any activity.

I wasn't out for long, -1.3C, so eyes hadn't fully dark adapted but
the northern horizon from WNW to ENE was definately lighter than I
would expect and I did see some vuague lighter patches about 40 deg
and just W of N.

The Kp is 8 according to http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_3d.html.
The Bz is north unfortunately. ADEC has sent me an email alert that
arrived at 1956, the York magnetometer has just started to go a bit
wild, expect an alert from that some time (they have been *very* slow
in arriving recently).

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail