(meteorobs) Cam's from Iowa

[Paul Martsching]

During the evening I thought the clouds would not go away, but gradually they began eroding from East to West , so I went out.  Some haze/cirrus during all hours, but gradually worse after first hour, then crescent Moon up during last hour.  The brightest CAM occurred entirely in cirrus, maybe as bright as - 2, very slow and yellow.  Several of the brighter CAM's were yellow.  While not a complete dud, certainly very disappointing.  

From 06:03 - 06:10 UT a single ray of aurora extended into the Bowl of the Big Dipper, gradually moving to just East of the Bowl and expanding and shrinking in width repeatedly - very pale greenish, perhaps a bit reddish at top.  At 06:09 only half as tall as at 06:03 and by 06:11 completely gone.  Some very faint hint of aurora for next half hour along the NW horizon. 

24 May 2014 05:00-06:00 UT  61 deg F; dew pt 46 deg F; wind SE 3 mph; "mostly clear"; average LM 5.5; facing North 50 deg; teff 1.0 hr.
CAM: two: +3(2)
Sporadics: three: +2; +4(2)
Total meteors: five

24 May 2014 06:00-07:00 UT 59 deg F; dew pt 48 deg F; wind calm; a bit of haze/cirrus; average LM 5.3; facing N 50 deg; teff 1.0 hr.
CAM: two: +1; +3
Sporadics: two: +3(2)
Total meteors: four

24 May 2014 07:00-08:00 UT 56 deg F; dew pt 49 deg F; wind E 5 mph; some haze/cirrus; average LM 5.2; facing N 50 deg; teff 1.0 hr.
CAM: five: 0; +1(2); +2(2)
Sporadics: five: -1; +1;  +3(3)
Total meteors: ten

24 May 2014 08:00-09:00 UT 55 deg F; dew pt 45 deg F; wind calm; haze/cirrus; crescent Moon up; average LM 5.0; facing N 50 deg; teff 1.0 hr.
ANT: one: -1
CAM: four: -2; +1; +3(2)
Sporadics: four: +1; +2; +3(2)
Total meteors: nine

Paul Martsching