Month: August 2025

Maine Aurora Borealis Watch

Current Conditions UTC 03:52 August 19, 2025

 August 18, 2025 August 18, 2025
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    |   11:54 pm 11:54 pm
UTC 3:52 Sudden IMF surge visible on Katahdin webcam. Weak but coming and going for a few hours. Southern and Midcoast Maine won’t see much due to clouds/weakness of storm/being in the cheap seats. Northern Maine is in the clear, some wispy clouds over Katahdin. Wind is headed north again right now at 4:28 UTC […]

Forecast August 18-19 UTC 21:43

 August 18, 2025 August 18, 2025
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    |   5:49 pm 5:49 pm
A weak substorm is developing. Stay tuned. We had a pretty good hit during the day, headed north but starting to dip down again. Current readings: Solar Wind Speed: 365 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 11 nT, Bz -2 nT NOAA is forecasting increased geomagnetic activity around 11 pm our time, according to the three day forecast. If you look at the […]

Forecast: 00:20 UTC August 17, 2025.

 August 17, 2025 August 17, 2025
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    |   4:36 pm 4:36 pm
Welcome to the New Universal Day, Star Date 00:20 UTC August 17. A mild substorm is in progress. Solar Wind Speed: 344 km/sec, Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 4 nT, Bz -1 nT. May get a little stronger, with things kind of maxing out in another hour or so. Possible sightings on camera as soon as it is dark.

Forecast: Long Range, August 16-21 2025

 August 16, 2025 August 16, 2025
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    |   9:52 pm 9:52 pm
Good evening! I don’t usually forecast this far in advance, but, with the new tool of the blog, it’s a little easier! Things get buried pretty quickly on the Facebook group, so a long-range is not that useful. True, “long range” in aurora forecasting is kind of impossible, as I am constantly telling you, but […]

New Theme and Color Palette!

 August 16, 2025 August 16, 2025
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    |   12:06 pm 12:06 pm
Good morning! I’m pretty excited to have found the Astronomy Store theme, but I can’t figure out how to get rid of the link word “Astronomy” in the header. I will. It’s probably going to take custom coding. Also, found some really sweet color palettes based on the Northern Lights in different settings. Paper Heart […]

Forecast: August 15 UTC 5:48

 August 15, 2025 August 15, 2025
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    |   5:58 am 5:58 am
1:48 am Maine earth time/5:48 UTC a very weak substorm is developing. If you are in the clear, in a situation of non-light pollution and conditions IMPROVE very slightly, there is a possibility of sighting on camera. Still struggling with the moon. Actually conditions are improving. Our current numbers are Solar Wind Speed: 435 km/sec, […]

Into the Stillness

 August 13, 2025 August 13, 2025
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    |   10:14 pm 10:14 pm
Absence, hear thou my protestationAgainst thy strength, distance, and length;Do what thou canst for alteration:For hearts of truest mettleAbsence doth join, and Time doth settle. -John Donne I am alone here in the still of the moment when the velvet ink coverlet of the night still shields the stars from the light. Well, not really […]
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