Northern Lights thread.

[multigraincracker]

Nothing here in Central Michigan yet. Sky is mostly clear with a low hanging fog. I couldn't spot any.

[electric_blue68]

1. You all have a way better chance but Google had an Aurora alert...

So I checked Alaska U's Geophysical Inst Aurora Forecat that's been my go to for years, and years now

They have a 7 High Alert (high++)

I don't know if it will go onto 10/31 evening. I hope so.
I'm in NYC, and cloudy here.

What's fun is both my parents are NYC'rs and both have seen them.
My dad visiting Seattle about 50 yrs ago on a business trip.
My mom in a rare 7 or 8 Aurora back in the late 1920's or so on a hot summer night when her family was sleeping on the roof top. It started with the red, and went into green Full Curtain display!

[nebby70]

2. raining here in eastern PA ... of course ....

...saw them once in the 60s in western PA -- by hanging out the attic window, around midnight...
... my folks would have had a fit had they caught me doing that - but it was well worth it..
to this day I can recall the wonder of the spectacle ---

well worth the effort if you get the opportunity...

[multigraincracker]

3. Some of my best views were on

clear cold winter nights. Another good one was when I was driving north across the Mackinaw Bridge.

[2naSalit]

4. It's been completely overcast here all night...

I have seen several over a number of years. Once I actually heard it and the display was more intense than I had ever seen before or since back in 1982. It lasted for several hours.

I watched one from sunset to early morning while driving from Santa Rosa, NM to Kansas City. That one started out with a bright red glow at sunset and was a big green curtain all night it seemed. It was said to be visible in Mexico. I think that one was in 1981 or 82.

Saw several while living in Wisconsin during that time but those two really were amazing.