AuroraWatch Alert, 01:02 UT 26 Dec 2006

[Fionankh]

hi everyone, just wanted to share the aurora alert i received an hour ago, from an aurora alert service i subscribe to from the University Of Lancaster, UK

this is what it says:

AuroraWatch Alert, 01:02 UT  26 Dec 2006:
Large increase in local activity, possible SSC.
http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/

when you click on the link it shows this:

Current geomagnetic activity at Lancaster:
Possible Sudden Storm Commencement

(cannot get the graph pic to post here, sorry!)

can someone please explain why there is this storm commencement in the UK when the sun is silent?

[auroradude]

Hi Fiona,
I get my best information at this site: http://www.dxlc.com/solar/
He does talk of a little activity possible from a coronal hole but it is not very big and probably won't amount to much so I am not sure why there was any kind of alert. Must be a mistake. (I wish it wasn't)
Regards,
   

[Fionankh]

thanks, it did seem to be a rather strange anomoly & thats usually a v reliable source. We were fogged in here in Il so i wouldnt have seen anything .....