Lost in Space

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7.14.2005

Northern Lights

To those within my small audience who are interested:

SOLAR ACTIVITY: Solar activity has suddenly increased with a series of strong explosions from sunspot 786, the latest an X1-class flare at 1055 UT on July 14th. Because the sunspot is near the sun's western limb (see below), none of the blasts was Earth directed. Nevertheless, coronal mass ejections hurled into space by these explosions (movies: #1, #2) could deliver glancing blows to Earth's magnetic field as early as tonight and continuing through the weekend, possibly sparking geomagnetic storms. Sky watchers in Canada and northern US states should be alert for auroras.

- Spaceweather.com

The forecast says "Partly Cloudy" for the Skagit and Whatcom Counties. No surprise, huh?

Gotta love that Northwest Weather!

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