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can you recommend any good spots in VT to see the Aurora? I actually saw them either the end of 96 or the beginning of 97 when i was at Lyndon State College...but I was also drunk...oops...freshman year of college, what can ya do?

anyway, I'm in MA so it would be a bit of a drive, but i'd be willing to put in the effort for the chance to see them again...I'd probably pick up a friend and then I could head north on 91...but I just don't know where would be a good open and elevated spot low on light pollution

Don't know if it's possible at night to drive up Okemos mountain rd, but that could be real nice.

Less likely indeed. ..I'll still keep my eyes glued to the days though just in case.

Eyewall, it blows my mind how much higher in the sky yours were. I mean, I know you're father north, but wow... the big dipper is completely engulfed. It was just fringed for me.

All pics are raw, taken with my Sony a58. 30 seconds, f3.5, ISO 1800.

It's clouded over here, but by the numbers it's still going strong.

Still going strong, guys. The moon had set, so any light that you see to the north will be the lights. More of a solid diffuse glow. Did have pillars into the big dipper, so almost overhead.

Wow, amazing. Will try to post pics in the am.

Yup. All systems go. ...but clouds.

Kp is currently pretty low, but bz looks great. Wonder if we see anything tonight? They say that the cme may have missed, but the #'s could improve tonight.

Pretty impressive how skillfully it managed to start fizzling as soon as the sun set.

Best photo I could manage from tonight with frozen hands and 300mph wind.

Hey, that white house in the foreground looks familiar. ...must be your go-to aurora shot. I've got a similar one. I've got great views to the south, east, and west. ...but my north views are really limited.

Definitely blows that it fizzled. Looking at it all afternoon, I knew deep down in the back of my mind that it couldn't last.

I experimented last night with my new sony a58. Have no idea where my tripod was hiding, so it was an adventure. Next time I'll be sure to have it.

ok very bright

Yeah, but would it matter that the bz sucks right now?

Yes, 03 was amazing. Tonight, even with crap Bz, there's still a definite green glow to the north. Kp=8 will do that I guess. Without a doubt a kick in the nutsack the Bz shooting at like -18 all afternoon to head to -4ish right around dark, only to remain there now.

...think we're done?

Btw, took some pics, not worth uploading. What are you ruining for ISO on those pics? Everything I took tonight was horrifically grainy.

Yeah, wtf... come on baby, just be a hiccup.

Oh yeah NYC snow lovers are a tough crowd when it goes wrong.

It's pounding 30 miles from manhattan. ... but the dude in newark doesn't care about that. He looks out the window and says "fook the nws, they don't have a clue."

... but who's truly the one without the clue?

This is an utter failure in GC. I don't know if we'll achieve advisory level snow. At least its breezy so the couple inches that came down can blow around a little. If it weren't so funny to bust so drastically, I'd really be bummed. I'll probably get more Thursday night/Friday than I get from this.

This winter has diminished to a D- at this point out here. Sucky, sucky, sucky. When can I open the pool?

Violently agree.

I'm seeing something very different. But, I'm not as well-versed in this.

Glancing at the radar, it looks like the orientation of the bands will be good for us. It almost looks like a band is trying to come together from nyc to just over my head. ... Of course, it is very early, but i take it as a very good sign.

Thanks Chris and Scott on the airport update. Doubt number 1 is the flight even leaves, doubt number 2 is I'm standby. I may just call it a day and head home.

Worse than being stuck here at the airport while the model consensus is rapidly shifting this to being a mundane experience for GC. Unless the EC remains steadfast, I'm going to go with <10" for the Pit with a huge and rapid escalation as you head 50 miles toward HubbDave.

Yeah, Mike. Out here is a huge question mark. I honestly think that we get more than 10". How much more obviously depends on that band and where it rots. I'd love to believe that most models are wrong and we get into the goods, but it's anybody's guess. Personally, if you can get on a plane, do it. ... it's not like we're on the south shore here witnessing a twice in a lifetime event.

God, I hope I'm wrong.

Yeah jackpot fetishes are in full swing this morning. It's going to be a huge storm even outside the banding jackpots.

3 days ago this was a whiff. Helps keep things in perspective.

Personally, I don't care if I jackpot. Still, though, I'd like to see mby do well.

Not thrilled about maps that I see that give me 6-12.

Typically with benchmark storms, the deformation band will set up way west of where it's progged to do for this storm. Why?

Harvey thinks 10-18 for the berks, eh?

I'll take RGEM/EURO/GGEM over the NAM anyway of the week and win every time.

If the western models were to verify, I seriously doubt that the tolland hole would verify. Don't even need to try and rationalize that.

the box discussion is awesome one of the best i read in awhile

Yes, good read. I just went over it to see why, at least in my area, they don't seem to put as much weight in the euro/nam solution. The disco basically says that I could play in the deform band, but their p/c and snowfall graphic suggest not.

Doesn't really matter anyway. Stoked.

Actually second look and that's west of the Euro features.

Deformation setting up from DXR-BAF-EEN-IZG. Coastal front PVD-BOS then offshore of ME.

I am very much ok with that.

... something to keep our hopes alive out in the hinterlands.

Does Will's EEE rule still have any relevance? Got the Euro, nam (eta). ... the third?

congrats out east:

Something tells me I get more than 6"

Fooled me for the first minute. Ugh

Yeah, but look at the date of the original post...