weatherwiz Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 May head north and meet a friend in southwest NH later this evening if things look good and clouds aren’t an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Things were pretty wild last night. I was standing in the driveway until about 4am. I was just using an old Galaxy phone with a 3-6 second exposure. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Greens and pinks were visible to the eye, especially on the horizon between 11pm-midnight and 2-4am. Every now and then some strange formations would occur. I didn't see any actual "dancing" but more beams and columns. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Kind of sucks we cleared out near sunset but the numbers don’t look that good. Maybe we’ll spike back up later into the evening but it seems the best might be closer to morning and clouds may be a bigger issue by then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 17 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: Kind of sucks we cleared out near sunset but the numbers don’t look that good. Maybe we’ll spike back up later into the evening but it seems the best might be closer to morning and clouds may be a bigger issue by then. 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apm Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 From Cambridge last night! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Lots of people out tonight for this. Mini eclipse. Nothing will surpass that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Just checked Spaceweather and it looks like another class 5 CME is forecast for 5/12, but might hit on May13th. At least the cloudy weather might clear up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Yeah it looks quiet tonight. Let’s time that next CME hit around sunset tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurker Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Looks like we could return to Friday levels of activity in the next few hours: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 It was a once in a lifetime kind of opportunity here in North Carolina! I was expecting at best a distant glow on the northern horizon but not bright pillars dancing overhead and even aurora to our south! We don't have a space weather thread in the southeast forum but i wanted to share this shot I got from Orange County in NC: 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 1 hour ago, eyewall said: It was a once in a lifetime kind of opportunity here in North Carolina! I was expecting at best a distant glow on the northern horizon but not bright pillars dancing overhead and even aurora to our south! We don't have a space weather thread in the southeast forum but i wanted to share this shot I got from Orange County in NC: 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 $$ shot that I missed the other night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 3 hours ago, wxeyeNH said: Nice eyewall. What a great display up here. I am so angry at myself. I was down at Newfound Lake watching the lights reflecting off of the still water of the lake. I have a new drone. I could have flown it and captured the whole lake reflecting off of the colored pillars in the sky. Didn't think of it before it was too late. Perhaps one more shot of NL tonight. Not as brilliant but should see something to the north if this last CME hits at the right time. Moon is getting brighter but hopefully skies will clear. Want to get that $$ shot that I missed the other night. NAM and HRRR are still clearing it out by midnight and they’re still predicting G4/G5 so it could still be an epic show if everything aligns. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 The only lights I'm worried about tonight and want to see tonight is the red light going off behind the net where the Bruins shoot twice tonight. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 6 hours ago, wxeyeNH said: 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. Yeah that would have been amazing! Hopefully you get a shot tonight. There are some drone shots in took here: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggiebot Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 No dice for New England? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggiebot Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 1 hour ago, Diggiebot said: No dice for New England? Bruins lose and now it’s partly cloudy and no aurora. Blah. maddening. I got a cloudy Friday night viewing with only camera view and 5% of the sky on the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggiebot Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Is northern New England seeing anything? I’m surprised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 6 minutes ago, Diggiebot said: Is northern New England seeing anything? I’m surprised https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiWG_5941YQ Nice pulse around 10 minutes ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 That was more awe-inspiring than the solar eclipse for me. I was up for this entire event driving to locations around western Maine. Absolutely mind-blowing if you were in a very dark location 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 59 minutes ago, MaineJayhawk said: That was more awe-inspiring than the solar eclipse for me. I was up for this entire event driving to locations around western Maine. Absolutely mind-blowing if you were in a very dark location I agree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Not done yet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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