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24 August 2005, 03:27 PM
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I know some have an interest. There is currently a strong storm going on which, unfortunately, hit us after day break this morning. However there is another CME on its way and so there is the possibility of another strong hit which may happen after dark. If it does and if it is stronger than the hit this morning, which it should be, then there is a fair chance of northern lights across most of the UK so anyone with clear skies should keep their eyes open.
24 August 2005, 05:12 PM
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Got this email today, out for a walk tonight then !
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25 August 2005, 02:32 PM
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Unfortunately it looks like both the CMEs that were up there hit us about the same time, around 10 - 11 yesterday morning and during daylight, despite the fact that it looked likely they would arrive some hours apart. By the time it was dark the storm was almost completely over.
This is about the 4th big hit this year, two arrived in daylight, one series that lasted several days hit when the whole of the UK was in cloud and one in January was visable across a lot of the country.
The display yesterday was seen as far south as 40 degrees north in the USA, where it was dark when it arrived and at 34 degrees south in Australia where it also arrived in darkness. As a guide the British Isles lie between about 50 and 60 degrees north and so the display should have been visable across the whole country.
Fingers crossed for more activity in the coming weeks.
This is about the 4th big hit this year, two arrived in daylight, one series that lasted several days hit when the whole of the UK was in cloud and one in January was visable across a lot of the country.
The display yesterday was seen as far south as 40 degrees north in the USA, where it was dark when it arrived and at 34 degrees south in Australia where it also arrived in darkness. As a guide the British Isles lie between about 50 and 60 degrees north and so the display should have been visable across the whole country.
Fingers crossed for more activity in the coming weeks.
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25 August 2005, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by hedgehog
Unfortunately it looks like both the CMEs that were up there hit us about the same time, around 10 - 11 yesterday morning and during daylight, despite the fact that it looked likely they would arrive some hours apart. By the time it was dark the storm was almost completely over.
This is about the 4th big hit this year, two arrived in daylight, one series that lasted several days hit when the whole of the UK was in cloud and one in January was visable across a lot of the country.
The display yesterday was seen as far south as 40 degrees north in the USA, where it was dark when it arrived and at 34 degrees south in Australia where it also arrived in darkness. As a guide the British Isles lie between about 50 and 60 degrees north and so the display should have been visable across the whole country.
Fingers crossed for more activity in the coming weeks.
This is about the 4th big hit this year, two arrived in daylight, one series that lasted several days hit when the whole of the UK was in cloud and one in January was visable across a lot of the country.
The display yesterday was seen as far south as 40 degrees north in the USA, where it was dark when it arrived and at 34 degrees south in Australia where it also arrived in darkness. As a guide the British Isles lie between about 50 and 60 degrees north and so the display should have been visable across the whole country.
Fingers crossed for more activity in the coming weeks.
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25 August 2005, 09:01 PM
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If you mean the latitude for the whole of the British Isles then almost all of the British Isles except for the tip of Shetland, a few miles of Cornwall and the Channel Isles lie between 50 and 60 north, the lights yesterday were seen as far south as 40 north in the USA which in European terms takes you south of Madrid or into northern Greece for example.
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