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Re: (meteorobs) A call for aurora reports!
At 11:50 06/08/2000 EDT, you wrote:
> While a bit off-topic, we are presently in the beginning stages of a
>potentially bright and spectacular auroral event. A major geomagnetic storm
>commenced at ~10:35 UT. The planetary K-index has been hovering at 7 (on a
>0-9 scale) indicating that significant auroral activity is currently taking
>place on the night side of the Earth. We may be dealing with a display that
>approaches (or rivals) the bright aurora of this past April 6th. Or
European
>meteorobs observers were able to "tip off" observers here in North America
>that an aurora was indeed readily visible on that occasion. It would be nice
>to have this happen again this afternoon and evening!
Why is it that every time there's visible aurora, we get high clouds?? From
about 9 am through nearly 3 pm, the sky was nice and clear. I've lived in
central Massachusetts for five years now and have yet to see an aurora due
to that water vapor up yonder. Unless it clears up tonight, looks like it's
gonna be deja vu.
SteveH
Shrewsbury MA
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