We have 100% cloud cover here in America's Outback (southern Illinois) and the forecast is for more of the same tomorrow, so I guess aurora viewing will be out of the question for this locale. Thanks for the "heads up", though.
Len --- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 1:54 PM Subject: Chance of auroras tonight. > Here's what I got from spaceweather.com: > Jostein > > Space Weather News for August 16, 2002 > http://www.spaceweather.com > > AURORA WARNING: Twisted magnetic fields near giant sunspot 69 erupted on > Friday, Aug. 16th. The explosion sparked an M5-class solar flare and > hurled a coronal mass ejection toward Earth. NOAA forecasters estimate a > 25-30% chance of severe geomagnetic storms when the cloud > arrives--probably on Sunday, Aug. 18th. Sky watchers should be alert for > auroras. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
