Severe Space Storm Headed This Way

www.space.com...

Severe space storm headed this way. That's what the headline reads. The ejection took place on Dec 13 (yesterday) and has 2 days to hit us. Expect northern lights and power grid problems. At this point NASA says the Space Station and the people on board are safe.

And you've got only 2 hours to determine the magnetic polarity of the CME. 2 hours to determine whether to shut off the transformers or not.

Activity level right now is [color=00FA9A]5 (of 10) which is "[color=FF3E96]]good conditions" to see aurora borealis. The images below are updating ("hotlinked"). There's a history graph for the past hours here (on the right side). A couple of hours ago the activity level was 7.


[color=00FFFF]Northern oval - energy (right now) :



[color=00FFFF]Southern oval - energy (right now) :



Links:
NORDLYS - Northern Lights

[edit on 2006/12/14 by Hellmutt]

HELLMUTT - I love that site! I have had it on my favorites for a while.

www.sec.noaa.gov...

Activity level as of 12:30 EST - NINE! YAHOO!!!

It's now on 10!

I have posted more detailed info on the recent run of X-class flares here:
ATS: Severe Geomagnetic Storm Research Project


Space Weather Canada: Three Zone Forecast

Here's a some more auroral monitoring links:
� Canopus real time auroral oval
� DMSP/POLAR Auroral Activity Report
� OVATION - Latest North Cap Oval Location

Recent photos can be seen here:
Spaceweather.com: December 2006 Aurora Gallery

[edit on 14-12-2006 by Regenmacher]

Originally posted by FlyersFan
www.space.com...

Severe space storm headed this way. That's what the headline reads. The ejection took place on Dec 13 (yesterday) and has 2 days to hit us. Expect northern lights and power grid problems. At this point NASA says the Space Station and the people on board are safe.

So what does this mean? If you live in Alaska its going to look uber cool in the sky in 2 days ?

Originally posted by Digital_Reality

So what does this mean? If you live in Alaska its going to look uber cool in the sky in 2 days ?

I suggest you take a look up in the sky right now. This is now, not in two days.

it will be interesting to note if the current earthquake and volcanic activity levels increase over the next few days. Quite a few people do support the theory that solar geomagnetic activity can also affects human behavior, so again another area to watch for developments

[edit on 12-14-2006 by worldwatcher]

Well I live in Florida and I can't see a thing in the sky that looks different.
As for my mood, well I do feel kinda worn out today

worldwatcher, I was thinking the exact same thing while reading about this. Obviously, I dont want anyone to get hurt or loose their homes so I am not wishing for it to happen, but it will be interesting to see if anything does indeed happen because of this.

Well, I definatly found something interesting already. Prior to the big Dec. 26 earthquake, there was a solar storm, AND this

Mt. Rainier seismograph


After the large quake Mt. Rainier stopped temporarily only to act up like this a bit before a 8point aftershock. Mt. Rainier has not done this ever since. Quite interesting I must say.

[edit on 14-12-2006 by mrsdudara]

Wow, amazing, most of them are showing activity. Here are a few of the more active ones. All of these volcanos started acting up at approximately the same time as the solar flare.

Olympics


Mt. Hood


Mt. Adams


Boistfort Peak, WA

These quakes, could they be misreadings caused by the energy from the solar storm? Or is it real activity triggered by the storm? Or is it unrelated? These solar storms are known to cause problems for electric equipment, so maybe it can create "noise" as well? Just wondering...

[edit on 2006/12/14 by Hellmutt]

sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov...

On that link above, you can watch the movie of the solar flare as it happens. I recoment the Quicktime version.


EDIT: ug ok, so you have to click the title about the solar flare before you can get to the page where you click on the movie. ANYONE know how to post that darn movie on here?

[edit on 14-12-2006 by mrsdudara]

Originally posted by Hellmutt
These quakes, could they be misreadings caused by the energy from the solar storm? Or is it real activity triggered by the storm? Or is it unrelated? These solar storms are known to cause problems for electric equipment, so maybe it can create "noise" as well? Just wondering...

[edit on 2006/12/14 by Hellmutt]

Wish I could say for sure to be honest with you. I dont think it is "noise" though. When this happened to Mt. Rainier last time, the quakes made the local news.

This is going on right now?
and Is the sky only looking beautiful in the northern regions or may I see it from say, Oklahoma?
And how long is this storm supposed to be settling here?

well, i just came off of one of the radar sectors that feeds philadelphia approach from the south, and i can tell you that the philly airport has lost it's approach lighting system for it's main runway (at a very inopportune time....the visibilities are extremely low on the east coast from the washington area all the way up into ny...so this failure effectively shuts down the airport). i dont know that it's connected to the solar storms, but if not, it's one helluva coincidence.

[edit on 14-12-2006 by snafu7700]

I've never witnessed an aurora borealis but I'm not 100% sure I want to see one either...well that's unless I'm somewhere in Canada or Alaska..

Aurora Alert! Northern Lights Appear Over Western Michigan

Fried astronauts? Nasa trying to nuke our boys?

With an S2 radiation storm in progress another X-Class flare erupted while two astronauts where outside the shuttle rewiring a pump. The radiation storm level rose to an S3 shortly after 2215UTC and a new SEC warning was issued at 0045 UTC.


2006/12/14 22:15:00 UTC X1.5 flare











[edit on 14-12-2006 by Regenmacher]