Northern lights Ontario

The Sun has been having a very active week so far. Following a series of flares and solar storms over the past four days, a geomagnetic storm watch is currently ...

Since these particles carry a significant amount of energy, when they collide with atoms and molecules of oxygen and nitrogen in our atmosphere, they transfer some of that energy in the process. If the field points north — the same direction as Earth's magnetic field — much of the cloud will be deflected around the planet and thus will have a reduced impact. Sometimes, as a solar flare blasts out, it can also produce an eruption of matter from the Sun's surface known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) or 'solar storm'. This usually happens due to changes in the solar wind or a coronal hole high-speed stream sweeping past us. It then switched to primarily north-pointing through the rest of the night. The strength of a geomagnetic storm depends on several factors. The graph on the left plots the average activity of Earth's magnetic field, in 3-hour increments. The cloud also carries a magnetic field of its own, and the direction that the magnetic field points (north or south) is important for geomagnetic and aurora activity. On the map, auroras are now expected to be visible as far south as between the green (Kp=5) and yellow (Kp=7) lines. As of Friday morning, it appears that the CME impacts and coronal hole high-speed stream effects did not combine as expected. While each of these was expected to only have a small effect on their own, they explained, the cumulative impact was likely to increase geomagnetic activity. The fast-moving particles in a CH HSS can spark auroras all on their own as they interact with Earth's magnetic field.

Canadians across the country have a shot at seeing the northern lights this weekend thanks to a series of solar flares and storms over the past few days, ...

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Brilliant displays of auroras have delighted sky watchers from the United States to Europe in the past few days.

At 40 mile pointe lighthouse in NE Michigan. [#aurora]pillars were fun to watch dance across the sky in this short timelapse. Here are brilliant displays of auroras from this week. Original pics, no edit— Hongming Zheng (@ZhengHongming) After 8yrs of missing them, finally got them early this morning on SEA-ANC flight, 1:30AKDT (930z). [@TamithaSkov] [pic.twitter.com/SDt6L6KG0r] [August 19, 2022] On a trip in Iceland, storm chaser Alex Spahn got lucky and witnessed the aurora borealis over an erupting volcano. The center expects minor activity to continue through Friday into Saturday, although at higher latitudes than previous days. [series of eruptions](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/17/aurora-lights-northern-solar-united-states/?itid=lk_inline_manual_12) from the sun earlier this week arrived at Earth. Some solar particles travel along Earth’s magnetic field lines into the upper atmosphere, exciting nitrogen and oxygen molecules and releasing photons of light. Those in the Rocky Mountains, Northeast and northern plains should have [pic.twitter.com/PH9glenkyc] [August 19, 2022]

Thursday August 19 2022. The latest geomagnetic storm had a second surge on a second night. It was not as strong, but still enough to keep the northern ...

It didn’t stop me from getting my meteorology degree, and being first to get the AMS CBM in the Baltimore/Washington region. I am aware there are some spelling and grammar typos. [Atlantic Hurricane Forecast](https://justinweather.com/2022/04/08/2022-atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast-and-storm-names/) This model output is one source of guidance to forecasters as they issue official products including watches, warnings, and alerts. This still means the viewing was limited mostly to northern latitudes. It was not as strong, but still enough to keep the northern light night show going.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Well, after all this talk over the past few days about potentially seeing the northern lights this week a CME (coronal mass ...