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General Category => GENERAL CHAT => Topic started by: georgew on August 04, 2010, 06:53:47 PM

Title: Aurora Borealis, tonights the night possibly.
Post by: georgew on August 04, 2010, 06:53:47 PM

The Northern Lights,
possibly the best chance of seeing tonight for the past few years.
North, East & the South of Scotland to have breaks in cloud cover hopefully,
 not a good forecast for the West because of cloud cover.
Pictures please if anyone is lucky enough to get a good sighting.
george

Title: Re: Aurora Borealis, tonights the night possibly.
Post by: sthrifty on August 04, 2010, 09:10:34 PM

Have in laws in Thurso and Dornoch on it ....according to the press it might be a bit special...to cloudy here

Title: Re: Aurora Borealis, tonights the night possibly.
Post by: Tim on August 05, 2010, 07:47:55 PM

Don't worry if you miss them tonight - plenty of opportunity over the next couple of years there will be an abnormally large amount of sunspot activity which causes the solar magnetic storms that causes Aurorae.......................... solar flares can also knock out satellite systems so your SkyTV and satnav may also go down for long periods as might the communications satellites!

Title: Re: Aurora Borealis, tonights the night possibly.
Post by: jay2578 on August 05, 2010, 07:52:29 PM

What do you reckon on our chances george? Mind you, i left a job in forfar due to rain today, got back to glamis......... sunny!?

Title: Re: Aurora Borealis, tonights the night possibly.
Post by: jumbo on August 05, 2010, 08:14:04 PM

well here in the (roadworks) capital its been threatening to chuck it down all day......still waiting  8)

Title: Re: Aurora Borealis, tonights the night possibly.
Post by: georgew on August 05, 2010, 08:15:23 PM

Jay ???,
Last nights sunset & sky over Clova was amazing around 10pm,
went out of town to Dunnichen Hill at a cloudy 11.30pm & could see only clouds.

That was mental rain this afternoon.
george