Aurora Alert

Checked for solar storms and surprisingly found these, the one featured below is interesting though advertising for "Starry night" software

Nice X class flare again today www.n3kl.org/sun/images/noaa_xrays.gif ?
K index is around 6 (depends where you check)
www.dk0wcy.de/magneto/magnet.htm this one in Germany shows activity rising sharply but BZ index is positive, Mid latitude aurora warning but no radio aurora on vhf here
Charles Cork

Chttp://www.n3kl.org/sun/images/noaa_xrays.gif?
K index is around 6 (depends where you check)
www.dk0wcy.de/magneto/magnet.htm this one in Germany shows activity rising sharply but BZ index is positive, Mid latitude aurora warning but no radio aurora on vhf here
Charles Cork

Does this mean that if it was clear, there would be no visible aurora ??

www.sel.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_1m.html
Another X class flare just now guys/girls (2nd one today)
Dave as far as I see it, unless the BZ index is very mush minus we never get visual aurorae down at these latitudes, there is no sign of activity here yet, seems unlikely either tonight, very often ham radio people (myself included) spot contacts via aurora here on this activity cluster under either 144 or 50mhz "CUSTOM SPOTS"
oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/
Next 36 hours may be interesting

Charles

Radio aurora now, BZ very much minus and Kiruna dipped to -1500, K is over 6
Grotty weather here in Cork
Charles

Radio aurora now, BZ very much minus and Kiruna dipped to -1500, K is over 6
Grotty weather here in Cork
Charles

All that kind of went over my head, but a loose translation I believe is that there is strong geomagnetic activity over Ireland in the radio band. Due to bad weather for visual observations, radio frequencies are confirming activity as Charles spoke!

Just deleted my comments re CNN as u had it covered already Seanie.
VHF radio aurora being reported right now as far south as Holland, looks good for here later, Kiruna dipped to -2200!!! last night, I don't ever remember seeing it that low b4, BZ index is minus right now, only thing is the weather is even worse than last night.....
Seanie, we will have to get u a ham radio licence morse included
Charles