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TL:DR = The unusually late-in-the-seasok SSW event fucked up the upper level pattern.

SpaceWeatherLive should give ya enough info. Anecdotally I feel like Kp7 = good cameras can get it in the dark sky zones. Kp8 > and anyone should look. Kp5 rn is uninspiring. Bz needs to be lower too.

We’ve had warmer days in early April. It’s F’ing chilly out there today. Did someone leave the giant fridge open by accident this morning?

Anybody have a good site for space weather?

Another beautiful day and evening.

Hail tonight in Arlington was baseball size at my sister’s place. New roof for them for sure.

Looking east at sunset tonight.

You know your Vermont.

49.8 with an 8:17 sunset

Nothing going on right now with the aurora possible next active phase is 11pm-2am Not sure it matters sky is smoky as hell

Looks like Lake Willoughby.

You can probably still get in two or three holes.

Goldendoodle, it's her baby.

Just looking at the latest depictions from NOAA space weather, the geomagnetic storm flared up big time between 09z and 15z, then petered out for several hours, and has since begun to recharge (a second wave of material from the active Sun). As of now, all of New England and NYS would be seeing northern lights if it were dark outside. Hopefully this trend will continue. You can access real-time depictions of the aurora at swpc.noaa.gov. The auroral ring "forecast" is actually a 24-hour time lapse and its "forecast" component is only a few minutes into the future, what you see there is the previous 23 hours and the projected next hour of coverage. I've found from experience that if you're in the "green" outer zone you need to be in a very dark un-light-polluted spot to see much, if you're in yellow you'll easily see a lot of details in low-light-pollution rural spots and if you're in the red then you'll see an awe-inspiring display (all assuming you aren't clouded over of course). Hoping it stays active to 06z so I get a chance here, never went out to look last night because it was cloudy at 0200h. We had a very strong cold front go through late Saturday, highs were near 90F on Saturday and barely 60F today. Unusual for this time of year around here.

Labradoodle?

Too bad too. We were supposed to get some borealis tonight.

I agree with Bluewave for the most part, but calling most of the people here dumb isnt productive nor is it true. Don’t get me wrong, blatant climate change denial is dumb, and I am not afraid to call people who believe that bullshit dumb. However, im not seeing that here. As someone who agrees with a good 90% of what Bluewave says, I actually think it is a good thing that people are challenging his theories and offering different points of view. There is room for debate in regards to the degree of attribution and how much our recent bad stretch is due to climate change vs just plain old bad luck.

Aaah summer in Vermont! Weather's great if you have a wetsuit. Daughter was up there hiking with her dog and former college roommate yesterday.

Smokey sunset.

I chased all the way to Tromso this winter - snowed all week except for the day we were leaving. Nothing. Hoping tomorrow is better!

Why do people change their names across different forums/sites/ whatever?

June 2023 was helped by the smoke and very low humidity. That wasn't even the coldest average temperature days of the month. We had highs in the 60s, and thus degree heating days, later in the month (during the solstice, on the 21st and 22nd). June 4 was only 5-6 degrees below average. June 21-22 was 12-13 degrees below average. That's a temperature departure you see in winter, not during the summer solstice.

yeah - I’ve tossed any plans of chasing tonight.

BZ went negative, but looks pretty socked in cloud wise for now.