Activity for Feb. 18th/19th

[Cory]

Bz still +15.6 I created this thread just in case it started to go negative and we start dealing with a major storm. I world say 80% cloudy here in SE Kansas so probably no Aurora tonight for me even if we got a freak kp of 9.

[Ulrich Rieth]

I would not expect a K9 from this one, but 6 or 7 is absolutely possible.

[Cory]

ya. SWPC saying that there are more coming by the sound of the wording they used

"February 18, 2011 -- A long-awaited interplanetary shock, perhaps one of an ensemble of shocks, passed the ACE spacecraft about 0045 UTC on February 18. A sudden impulse followed about one hour later, measuring about 30 nT at Boulder. The storming is quite modest so far (0430 UTC), but likely to intensify as additional shocks pass by. Watch here for updates.
Watch Today's Space Weather for the most recent activity."

I'm hoping.


Update: Bz is dropping quite quickly now its now +2.8.

[Ken Cravillion]

It's supposed to be clear tonight so I've got my fingers crossed... 

[SherryB]

I gave up around 0900UT (1am local).  Looks like there may have been some activity a couple of hours later around 1130-1200UT, but it clouded over and, well, I'm 10 years older than at the last solar cycle peak. I don't seem to have quite the same stamina I used to.

[Cory]

ya i know how you feel  i gave up at 2am CST and went to bed it was mostly cloudy i would say 80%. i started back in 2004 but i did see the solar storm of 2003. i was 16 back then now im 23. im still rusty its been so long. great to be back though.