Possible Aurora (Amber Alert) for the UK

[GloriaSmud]

Just had an Amber Alert e-mailed to me as a result of a severe geomagnetic storm.
Current Aurora forecast is here.

Hello! I'll be heading out northwards after bedtime.

Some magnetometers in the Arctic have reached kp9! This is amazing. That would bring London upwards in to play... Pray for clear skies!

Could, could, be right down to mainland Europe...

Bloody hell! Oh my word ~ that must produce something for us!

Hints of green and pink in New Zealand!
(hope the picture works ~ haven't done one from there before)

And it has worked

Where abouts are you, Gloria?

Any chance on East Sussex coast??

Magi - find somewhere with little light pollution and a good view of the horizon to the north and see what you see. Hope it's not cloudy!

Have just seen that MNHQ have (at last) given us a emoticon - mainly for Woolly Hugs, but maybe it's a wonderful omen for us gazers!

So no chance in central London then :-(

West or east coast - doesn't look like its Britain though just the states? Or have I read this wrong?

I'm in Leicester magimedi but right on the edge of the city so can usually find somewhere dark-ish within a few minutes drive. As Pseudo says, you might have a chance of seeing something if it's away from light pollution.

One of my favourite websites www.softservenews.com/gps-aurora-borealis-forecast.html

Am near to a couple of very dark spots here - Herstmonceux being the closest. Might just toddle over there later, if it's clear.

And having checked the observatory's website, I'm certainly going over there on Friday morning!

www.the-observatory.org/

It's so cloudy

What time will be best to watch? I'm in the SW.

Any time after dark

south coast here too - and I got the alert, I don't know why I subscribe - rubbing salt in the wound that I probably won't see it

Definite hints of aurora showing in New Zealand.

The meteorologist here though doesn't think there's much of a chance of seeing anything in the UK, south of the line he's drawn

Magi I may see you tonight and Friday morning as I am hoping to get over to the observatory as well, or thought I may just go up on beachy head tonight.

It's likely he's referring to aurora directly overhead Gloria.

Wow New Zealand

Ok that camera is at latitude 43 - same as Northern Spain!

Sorry and the point of that post is that the aurora is a mirror image at each pole

I hope that's what he means Pseudo
Some excellent pictures coming in on Spaceweather's Aurora Gallery.

And for aurora spotting from space, there's the livestream from the International Space Station (it can take a few seconds for the live stream to start and the signal can be iffy at times.)