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  • Location: bingley,west yorks. 100 asl
  • Location: bingley,west yorks. 100 asl

I can't believe it's 10 years ever since Shuggee opened this thread.How quick has that gone?

Looking forward to some big spotless years coming up.

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

Kp4 tonight so the far North are in for a good chance of sightings under clear skys.

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  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell
  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell

Minor geomagnetic activity.

Aurora may be visible by eye from Scotland and may be visible by camera from Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland. Viewing aurora requires clear, dark skies away from light pollution. To monitor current activity see http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

Issued 2016-08-21 15:40 UTC (16:40 BST) by AuroraWatch UK using SAMNET CRK2 data from Crooktree,

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  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell
  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell

Red alert: aurora likely.

It is likely that aurora will be visible by eye and camera from anywhere
in the UK. Viewing aurora requires clear, dark skies away from light
pollution.

To monitor current activity see http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk.

Issued 2016-08-23 13:25 UTC (14:25 BST) by AuroraWatch UK using SAMNET
LAN2 data from Lancaster, UK.
 

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  • Location: Pemberton, Wigan, 54 M ASL. 53.53,-2.67
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - snow, Irish sea convection. Summer - thunderstorms, hot sunny days
  • Location: Pemberton, Wigan, 54 M ASL. 53.53,-2.67

 Yes, I was wondering this as well. I got excited before and came on to this thread to see what people were saying about it. 

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

Yes kp4 tonight under clear skys..

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  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell
  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell

We apologise for the earlier false alert (issued 13:25 UTC today) which was caused by a lawnmower creating a local disturbance at our Lancaster site. For more information please see
http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/aurorawatchuk/2016/08/23/red-alert-cancelled/
 

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  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, storms and other extremes
  • Location: Crewe, Cheshire
29 minutes ago, ciel said:

We apologise for the earlier false alert (issued 13:25 UTC today) which was caused by a lawnmower creating a local disturbance at our Lancaster site. For more information please see
http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/aurorawatchuk/2016/08/23/red-alert-cancelled/
 

Haha is that for real?? :rofl:

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

Aurora spotted as far South as Norfolk last night with Kp5 Storm forecast for later tonight.

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  • Location: Pemberton, Wigan, 54 M ASL. 53.53,-2.67
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - snow, Irish sea convection. Summer - thunderstorms, hot sunny days
  • Location: Pemberton, Wigan, 54 M ASL. 53.53,-2.67

 Was it not a lawnmower then? 

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
On 24/08/2016 at 10:31, Chris.R said:

 Was it not a lawnmower then? 

Yep.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37168678?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_weather&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

 

Some lovely drone footage here from Iceland.

 

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  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell
  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell

Amber alert: possible aurora.

Aurora is likely to be visible by eye from Scotland, northern England
and Northern Ireland; possibly visible from elsewhere in the UK.
Photographs of aurora are likely from anywhere in the UK. Viewing aurora
requires clear, dark skies away from light pollution.

To monitor current activity see http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk.

Issued 2016-09-01 20:09 UTC (21:09 BST) by AuroraWatch UK using SAMNET
CRK2 data from Crooktree, UK.

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  • Location: Sth Staffs/Shrops 105m/345' & NW Snowdonia 219m/719'
  • Location: Sth Staffs/Shrops 105m/345' & NW Snowdonia 219m/719'

Yep just got that alert. KP 5 on spaceweather.com with bz south.

Good luck up North ! :)

Clouded out here.

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  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell
  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell
59 minutes ago, kar999 said:

Yep just got that alert. KP 5 on spaceweather.com with bz south.

Good luck up North ! 

Clouded out here.

Same here  :angry:

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

Kp 6 later, Saw nothing last night but they did in the far North.

 

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  • Location: Darlington 63 m or 206ft above sea level
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snow, Storms, Snow Thunder, Supercells, all weather extremes
  • Location: Darlington 63 m or 206ft above sea level

Whitby had a light show last night some brilliant photos on the net and facebook this morning.

 

https://www.facebook.com/whitby.england/

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  • Location: Sth Staffs/Shrops 105m/345' & NW Snowdonia 219m/719'
  • Location: Sth Staffs/Shrops 105m/345' & NW Snowdonia 219m/719'

Another alert and KP 6 this evening but clouded out again!

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

To cloudy here last night to, But some good sightings in the North..

 

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  • Location: Sth Staffs/Shrops 105m/345' & NW Snowdonia 219m/719'
  • Location: Sth Staffs/Shrops 105m/345' & NW Snowdonia 219m/719'

Another alert tonight.

Eyes peeled! :)

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

I'm sure there will be plenty of applications..

http://www.cntraveler.com/story/an-ice-hotel-in-finland-is-hiring-a-northern-lights-spotter?mbid=social_facebook

Kp4 tonight, Scotland looks good.

 

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  • Location: Kensington
  • Location: Kensington

Sunspots beginning to tank lower again after a slight spike this month   again at very low levels  I expect it to end up around 2010s total of around 50 sunspotless days

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  • Location: Exile from Argyll
  • Location: Exile from Argyll

The Geomagnetic Blitz of September 1941

https://eos.org/features/the-geomagnetic-blitz-of-september-1941

Seventy-five years ago, on 18–19 September 1941, the Earth experienced a great magnetic storm, one of the most intense ever recorded. It arrived at a poignant moment in history, when radio and electrical technology was emerging as a central part of daily life and when much of the world was embroiled in World War II, which the United States had not yet officially entered.

The illuminated night sky exposed an Allied convoy to German attack.

Auroras danced across the night sky as voltage surged in power grid lines. A radio blackout interrupted fan enjoyment of a baseball game, while another radio program was interrupted by private phone conversations. Citizens, already on edge, wondered if neon lights were some sort of antiaircraft signal. And far away in the North Atlantic, the illuminated night sky exposed an Allied convoy to German attack.

These effects raised awareness within the scientific community and among the public of the societal significance of the effects that the Sun and outer space can have on the Earth—what we now call space weather.

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