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I have not posted in some time. Not much weather going on. Other than .05" of rain yesterday morning we have not had any rain since May 27th. Pollen is coating everything. We have also not had even one clap of thunder this season. Hopefully the showers/storms will hold together long enough to give us some rain this evening. Things are getting very dry. On a totally different subject, I have missed a northward facing webcam on the summit of Mt Washington. I called them last winter and told them I would give them a donation to buy a new cam. To do so they had to build an outside enclosure and also put in a new window. So it was a pretty big job. Others chipped in too. The camera is now live. https://mountwashington.org/weather-cams/north-view/

While SNE gets rain it is getting very dry up here. Just swirling green pollen covering everything. I wish I could score a 5 minute rinsing shower.

We are at around 75% greenup and the pollen has really started to get bad the last few days. I hope we get a couple of nice T storms to knock it back down.

Nice eyewall. What a great display up here. I am so angry at myself. I was down at Newfound Lake watching the lights reflecting off of the still water of the lake. I have a new drone. I could have flown it and captured the whole lake reflecting off of the colored pillars in the sky. Didn't think of it before it was too late. Perhaps one more shot of NL tonight. Not as brilliant but should see something to the north if this last CME hits at the right time. Moon is getting brighter but hopefully skies will clear. Want to get that $$ shot that I missed the other night.

I just looked at the KP index on spaceweather.com It had been around 7 most of the day but up to 9 right now. About 75% cloudy up here. I would assume they would be further poleward tonight. I will be able to tell pretty quickly if they are visible by 945pm. My plan is to fly the drone and try to get an aerial view over the lake.

I think those higher clouds to the west of us are going to muck up any chance of viewing tonight. If the CME's keep coming perhaps tomorrow night might work better? The moon is starting to get brighter. It sets around midnight. Last night if I had thought fast enough I would have launched my drone and could have got a great picture of the NL over Newfound Lake.

As I'm sure you guys know, besides weather I like photography and space weather events. With the new world of AI it is very hard to know what is "real" to the eye and what has been enhanced or altered. Most of the Aurora photos on the net are slight time exposures or have been brightened or saturated to some degree. One of the biggest questions I see is "did it look like that from the naked eye?" Last night was amazing if you live in a very dark area like I do in Bridgewater NH. The picture I am attaching is unaltered in any way. It is what my Samsung Galaxy S23Ultra saw. Automatic setting by the camera, no adjustment at all by me. Pretty amazing for 1/4second exposure on a cellphone

Looks like high clouds come in after dark. Maybe Sunday night will be better weather wise?

Up here in central New Hampshire I can say that the picture that your commenting on is just how it looked with the naked eye. These were definitely bright and stood out. Clouds now filled in maybe we can get another one in tomorrow night

Potential views into S US states

Crazy beautiful. Rivals a total solar eclipse. Best show of my life. Here are 2 pictures from the house. Samsung 23 ultra. Holding by hand 1 second exposure no post processing! So many colors and curtains that change minute by minute

WOW!!!! Extremely bright with naked eye overhead even to my South curtains of color

WOW!!!!

I'm sitting in my car looking over Newfound Lake to the north and central New Hampshire. Mostly clear skies but cannot see any Aurora yet

Spaceweather page now shows KP all the way down to 3

In 2003 I had just bought my first crappy digital camera and had only lived up here for 2 years since relocating from Metro Boston. That display was so bright that I just held my camera and snapped this picture. No long exposure or anything. It was amazing.

So hard to predict cloud cover tonight. https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=local-Vermont-truecolor-48-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

I see that. KP index 7.7 Will these clouds tend to dissipate after sunset? Moon phase is good too.

The nights of May 9th and May 10th may offer some nice Aurora's. Just passed New Moon. Those pesky clouds though!

70.0F forest canopy leaf out!

Brian, it always seems when I post you beat me to it by 5 or 10 minutes. Enjoy rapid leafout today!

What always amazes me with tornadoes is that severe damage can occur 100 feet away and leave you unscathed. Meanwhile on a much tamer note I'm up to 68.1F as of 2pm. So close to my first 70F. Will I make it today or tomorrow or have to wait another week?

Up to 55F. Mostly cloudy some breaks, few sprinkles.

So much thunder just to my south. Seems like centered over Brian's hood

44.5F Wood stove burning. Cold and raw with lots of deep rumbling to the south. Fringed by TS this morning .12"