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This, I could have told you from my spot on the beach (i.e. front yard) at 3
am this morning.  So glad I set that alarm....

Maybe tonight.

>                              A s t r o  A l e r t
>                                Sun-Earth Alert
>
>                           Solar Terrestrial Dispatch
>                             http://www.spacew.com
>
>                       Updated: 21:45 UTC, 08 June 2000
>
>                     * Updated Auroral Activity Bulletin *
>
>      The coronal mass ejection disturbance that impacted the Earth
> shortly after 09:00 UTC on 08 June contained several periods of
> significantly unstable solar wind conditions that prompted increases
> in auroral activity. The GOES-8 spacecraft also crossed the
> magnetopause boundary between approximately 15:09 and 16:06 UTC
> today, which attests to the forces that have been applied to the
> Earth's magnetosphere.
>
>      Unfortunately, most of the auroral activity that has occurred
> would have only been visible to individuals located in low population
> regions of the northern Pacific and northeastern Russia. We have not
> yet received any reports of activity from other locations of the
> world, and conditions are not looking particularly favorable either.
> But we are hoping for at least some isolated observations over North
> America this evening.
>
>      The magnetic fields imbedded within the disturbance are gradually
> becoming less capable of generating auroral storm activity. The
> projection is for this to continue, at least until the next
> disturbance associated with the most recent X-class flare impacts the
> Earth on the 10th at which time renewed activity may be observed.
>
>      There is a distinct possibility for periods of localized auroral
> substorming that may be intense enough to observe from many middle
> latitude locations. However, without a change in the pattern we are
> currently seeing in the solar wind, auroral activity won't be as big
> and bright as we had originally hoped it might be. This should not
> preclude an attempt to get out and see if anything can be observed
> (or photographed).
>
>      The next best opportunity will be on 10 June.
>
> **  End of Update  **
>
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