Solar weather watches

[bjdeming]

Hope this is okay for a thread. Started it because I just saw this and it's not from a doofus:



Nothing else issued so far. May Sol not develop indigestion while looking our way.

There have been some other recent but past events, too. Discussion/news, anybody?

 

[bjdeming]

Per the replies, it's expected to be here probably by Sunday evening. Per NOAA, both Saturday and Sunday, 40% chance of R1-R2, 1% chance R3-R5, and 5% chance of S1 or greater.

Whew. Guess I can get up off the fainting couch now. (Reaches for sunblocker anyway.)

 

[bjdeming]

Also --



And --

 

[bjdeming]

I might get to see them, though city lights are a factor:

 

[bjdeming]

Something I found reassuring (think I'll still stay indoors, if not on the fainting couch):

 

[KevinH]

I was wondering if there was a space (no pun intended) for this.

 

[Equus]

Big shame it's mostly cloudy tonight, have not seen an aurora here for more than 20 years and it'd be awesome to go looking for a good vantage point to see that again

 

[bjdeming]

Some incredible images on Twitter, including from Arkansas and Missouri.

In Corvallis, I stayed inside but looked out the window; clouds and street lighting, only.

This is the farthest south US image that I've seen and it's amazing:

 

[JayF]

Great image from Illinois off the Aurora and a meteor going through.

 

[notsoencrypted]

Tulsa!



Also from Illinois; you can see the strobing in the video:

 

[bjdeming]

Here we go again, but probably not so strong.