Aurora tonight?

Saw on Stargazing last night that at about 11:45 (or was it 12:45) tonight we might be able to see the aurora over the UK. Further south you are the less chance. Can anyone confirm this? might be worth staying up and reporting our findings. Might go for a drive to the mountains to see if i can catch it.

Yeah it's a pretty exciting period in terms of space weather due to a solar flare released a few days back. Unfortunately it may be that the solar winds have swerved around the Earth rather than as directly as hoped. The CME hit has been slower than predicted, just entering our atmosphere in the last hour or so. It is impossible with aurora to predict it until it actually arrives but it seems tonight's initial forecasts and hype of KP7-9 might not come through (this is an extremely rare forecast). Depending on where you are in the UK, you may be lucky to pick up something faint on the horizon around 2200-0100ish, or maybe even later. I'm on the far north coast of Scotland and will be going out from 10pm onwards due to rare clear skies, so it might be worth a peek if you're around since the Stargazer programme has everyone buzzing!

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/Aurora/globeNE.html I reckon tonight we may see KP5 at most. If you are on or above that line, you have a good chance. I'd love to be proven wrong and for everyone to see it. It so special.

I went to look at it last night as it was supposed to hit on the 9th but nothing the sky was completely overcast where I was, the damn weather report said there would only be a few clouds but by the time I was driving home it was snowing!

FOR strawberry floats SAKE!!


I just told the missus that we will be able to see the Aurora tonight. I should check the date first on the OP.