Noctilucent Clouds Season 2020

[Arnie Pie]

Latest AIM

and Spaceweather article

NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS ARE INTENSIFYING: On May 17th, NASA's AIM spacecraft detected the first noctilucent clouds (NLCs) of summer over the north pole. Those first electric-blue smudges were barely visible. Since then, however, the clouds have rapidly intensified. Recent images from orbit show a growing bank of NLCs pinwheeling just inside the Arctic Circle:

 

 

[Arnie Pie]

 

latest AIM images for last Tuesday 26-5-2020

 

and latest radar signals from Norway which recently has been detect NLC`s

 

[Arnie Pie]

Latest AIM image for Wednesday 27-5-2020

[mushymanrob]

13 hours ago, Arnie Pie said:

Latest AIM image for Wednesday 27-5-2020

so those speckles at around 11 oclock should be to our north tonight? hopefully they will have build by now.. will they be too far north for us in central england?

[Arnie Pie]

7 hours ago, mushymanrob said:

so those speckles at around 11 oclock should be to our north tonight? hopefully they will have build by now.. will they be too far north for us in central england?

yes Rob....theoretically.

 We are seeing an expantion of clouds on the last few AIM images, If the cloud mass holds it`s form

...with a bit of overdue luck. Tonights clear viewing may result in a good showing

Radar signals from Norway today are going crazy

woth keeping an eye on the situation

[Rush2019]

Its always worth sky watching, you just never know.  June 22nd, last year whilst driving back from my daughters gig in Buxton, where there are big sky views north, I noticed a faint rippling of silvery threads, I stopped the car to view them to rule out dissipating contrails or cloud catching the reflection of the moon, my daughter took a photo of them on her phone, then they suddenly faded away.  I would love to post her photo to get confirmation, but the silvery threads are barely visible on it.  It was about 12.15am. Keep your eye out, good clear skies, you just never know.

[Arnie Pie]

22nd June 2019 was a good display ....Fingers crossed for a showing tonight

[Rush2019]

8 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

22nd June 2019 was a good display ....Fingers crossed for a showing tonight

Thank you for that, your post convinces me more that l have witnessed them.

[Arnie Pie]

Interesting latest AIM......plenty of clouds around the 70° Latitude at 2 o`cockk and maybe what is being picked up on the Norwegian radar

[Arnie Pie]

Finland atm

[Jamie M]

Flensburg, Germany

[Arnie Pie]

NLC`s showing now to the NNE at a low altitude 5-7°......Below Capella

 

[Summer of 95]

Been a display here tonight, long line of them low in the north

[Arnie Pie]

yep nice and bright here......28mm..4"@f4.0   Iso180

Edited May 31, 2020 by Arnie Pie

[Cheshire Freeze]

19 minutes ago, Summer of 95 said:

Been a display here tonight, long line of them low in the north

Yes saw them here too 

[Arnie Pie]

Time-lapse of earlier Noctilucent Clouds
Bright display in Birmingham UK 01.40am - 03.20am NNE .28mm..4"@f4.0 Iso180 May contain excessive amounts of Louis Armstrong

https://youtu.be/fqlB_lCyNns

 

Edited May 31, 2020 by Arnie Pie

[Allseasons-Si]

9 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Time-lapse of earlier Noctilucent Clouds
Bright display in Birmingham UK 01.40am - 03.20am NNE .28mm..4"@f4.0 Iso180 May contain excessive amounts of Louis Armstrong

https://youtu.be/fqlB_lCyNns

 

Cannot access the clip,i have signed in but it still says private!

[Dreckly]

34 minutes ago, Allseasons-si said:

Cannot access the clip,i have signed in but it still says private!

Ditto

[mushymanrob]

17 hours ago, Arnie Pie said:

yes Rob....theoretically.

 We are seeing an expantion of clouds on the last few AIM images, If the cloud mass holds it`s form

...with a bit of overdue luck. Tonights clear viewing may result in a good showing

Radar signals from Norway today are going crazy

woth keeping an eye on the situation

well theoretically that worked!

pity i wasnt well, was in bed....

ps ive pinched your photo, hope you dont mind

[Polar Maritime]

Being out in the sun all day yesterday and after a couple of fine Ales during the evening there was no chance of me stopping up to see them. I hit the sack around 10 after watching the ISS pass and looking out for the Space rocket. Great pics Arnie as always.. And Mushy Rob always misses them as he's usually on the Red....

[Paul Sherman]

Hit the Road yesterday evening and set up along the North Norfolk Coast. First signs on Camera and not to naked eye were at 1140pm straight North. The an amazing display from 0015 to 0255 clearly visible to the Naked Eye. The first bank of cloud moved off to the North West but the best display of the night appeared in the North East and rose higher into the sky as the onset of Sunrise approached.

[Arnie Pie]

8 hours ago, Allseasons-si said:

Cannot access the clip,i have signed in but it still says private!

yep....bit of rustyness going on here....youtube has changed again since last used it

I`ll upload directly see if that works

[Rush2019]

4 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

yep....bit of rustyness going on here....youtube has changed again since last used it

I`ll upload directly see if that works

 

sat.wmv 2.98 MB · 1 download

I just down loaded it, but had nothing visual, just a little ditty of La vie en rose. LoL

[Arnie Pie]

Cheers Rush....I`ll try again after a little sleep

[Arnie Pie]

 

9 hours ago, Arnie Pie said:

Time-lapse of earlier Noctilucent Clouds
Bright display in Birmingham UK 01.40am - 03.20am NNE .28mm..4"@f4.0 Iso180 May contain excessive amounts of Louis Armstrong

There you go