MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WATCH
POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL
ACTIVITY: MODERATE
OVERALL OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVATIONS FROM MIDDLE LATITUDES:
POOR TO FAIR
EXPECTED LUNAR INTERFERENCE:
HIGH
Effects of the first X-class solar flare of the new solar cycle will be observed over the next several days as the ejected mass passes the Earth. Impact is expected sometime on February 17 and should linger through February 18. There is a chance for visible periods of auroral activity over the middle latitudes during this period. Note: This
watch will remain valid through 23:00 UTC on February 19.
POLARLICHTWatch issued at 07:20 UTC
on February 16, 2011
POLARLICHT
AURORAL
ACTIVITY *MAY* BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...
SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA TO NORTHERN MONTANA TO NORTH DAKOTA TO DARK-SKY SITES OF MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN TO NORTHERN NEW YORK STATE TO MAINE.
ACTIVITY *MAY* ALSO BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...
EXTREME NORTHERN SCOTLAND TO FINLAND TO SWEDEN TO NORTHERN RUSSIA.
EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW ZEALAND MAY ALSO SPOT PERIODS OF ACTIVITY.
BOREALIS
2000
SPACE WEATHER NEWS
AURORA FORECAST SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY
NORTHERN LIGHTS GALLERIES
