Mother Nature could paint the skies with a late-summer aurora borealis show within the Lower Mainland.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Space Weather Prediction Center has noticed R1 (minor) radio blackout impacts and S1 (minor) photo voltaic radiation storm impacts over the previous 24 hours. However, it hasn’t issued a geomagnetic storm look ahead to later this week.
Still, the stormy area situations present the aurora’s haunting inexperienced glow might lengthen additional than standard in a single day on Monday, Aug. 25.
The area centre’s map reveals it extending down into Southern B.C., though it seems fainter within the Lower Mainland (areas outdoors of the crimson line doubtless will not observe it) (see slide one).
Metro Vancouver climate forecast consists of clear skies for aurora viewing
The Metro Vancouver climate forecast reveals ideally suited situations for viewing a attainable auroral show. A ridge of excessive stress that has settled over the area will stay in place, offering clear skies and warm temperatures for a number of days.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) expects ‘lively auroral shows’ in a single day on Monday, with overhead shows attainable in northern cities together with Yellowknife and Juneau, and even a few southern ones resembling Edmonton and Winnipeg. They may be seen low on the horizon from Vancouver to Great Falls (Montana), and Ottawa to St. John’s (see slide two).
The college’s online Aurora Monitor map reveals which areas the aurora’s glow is prone to attain and different areas the place it’s much less doubtless. Additionally, there’s a transient description beneath the map of the aurora exercise on that exact day. You can swap to different days to see the forecast, too.
While it’s much less frequent to identify the dancing lights in the summertime, Metro Vancouverites have captured some spellbinding aurora borealis photos this August.
The northern lights are much less seen in areas impacted with heavy mild air pollution, resembling downtown Vancouver. Several areas present darker skies, such because the dikes in Richmond, up the Howe Sound, or much more distant areas at UBC.
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