Brian & Alexandra Polikowsky

I can already see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you can. I am in SE MN
Alex



----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Haun" <haunma@...>
To: <aurora-announce@...>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 6:33 PM
Subject: [aurora-announce] Aurora TONIGHT in North America


> Hi everyone,
>
> Conditions over the past hour have become favorable for aurora. The
> current
> activity is due to a large solar flare which occurred Tuesday evening.
> The
> leading edge of the CME (coronal mass ejection) arrived at Earth this
> morning ~6 a.m. PST. Since then, the magnetic fields embedded in the
> disturbance were pointing the wrong way, until about 4 p.m. PST. Now the
> field is oriented southward, antiparallel to the Earth's magnetic
> field---the conditions necessary to fire up the aurora. If these
> conditions
> persist for a few more hours, we could have a very nice show in the US and
> Canada.
>
> A major winter storm has all of Washington under cloud cover, so you
> should
> not expect an alarm on aurora-northwest, unless the aurora manages to trip
> the detector through the overcast. So, if you can get to a dark, clear
> site, I suggest you leave now. Good luck!
>
> Mark
> haunma@...
>
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