Author: MaineAuroraBorealisWatch

UTC 00:01, November 16, 2025

 November 15, 2025 November 15, 2025

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    |   7:10 pm 7:10 pm

Good evening and welcome to the MABW forecast, 00:01 UTC November 16, 2025. A weak substorm is in progress. We had stronger storming a few hours ago, but, things have fallen off. Current Conditions: I am watching this pretty closely, however, because we do have a large-ish coronal hole facing us currently. At times like […]

UTC 00:07 November 15, 2025

 November 14, 2025 November 14, 2025

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    |   7:08 pm 7:08 pm

Current Conditions: Solar Wind Speed: 542 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 6 nT, Bz 3 nT Good evening and welcome to the MABW forecast for November 15, UTC 00:00. Well, it’s still November 14, but, by the time I get done with all this, probably, it will be tomorrow in space. A weak substorm is developing. Slight chances of viewing but it […]

UTC 00:48 November 13

 November 12, 2025 November 12, 2025

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    |   7:48 pm 7:48 pm

ok it’s go time. MAJOR GEOMAGNETIC STORM ALERT. If you are in the clear, no clouds, no light pollution:

November 12, 2025, UTC 23:36

 November 12, 2025 November 12, 2025

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    |   6:36 pm 6:36 pm

Good evening and welcome to the official MABW forecast, UTC November 12, 2025, 23:27. Which in Maine time is 6:27. Rollover time, as I like to call it, is when we rollover to the new universal day, and it’s also when the data from SWPC updates. Currently, I’m seeing bad alignment of the arriving solar […]

November 11-12, 2025

 November 11, 2025 November 11, 2025

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    |   9:42 pm 9:42 pm

Current G4 storming, severe level. For those like me who are in very cloudy conditions- We may get another very strong burst in an hour, and the clouds may clear out at that point for a couple hours. We may get some serendipity. For those like me who are in very cloudy conditions- We may […]

Great conditions in space, not on earth

 November 6, 2025 November 6, 2025

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    |   2:17 am 2:17 am

Unfortunately, rain, clouds, and big moon are all on the agenda for Maine over the next few days. But, if you go to the SWPC website, this is what you will see. We haven’t had a big storm like this for a while, but, we probably won’t get to see much. Here’s the link to […]

November 2

 November 2, 2025 November 2, 2025

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    |   7:25 pm 7:25 pm

Good evening and welcome to the MABW weather desk. Current conditions are not great for aurora viewing, both due to poor alignment of the IMF and also the 90% moon. There is a smallish substorm in progress, but, with the moon, I don’t think we will have much chance. The main news is that we […]

November 1

 November 1, 2025 November 1, 2025

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    |   6:19 pm 6:19 pm

Good evening and welcome to the MABW evening forecast. There is an active substorm, but, it doesn’t look like it’s going to go above yellow alert status, and it might fizzle out early. Current conditions: I’ve been seeing Bz headed down to 0 and -1, so really not a whole lot going on just now. […]

Storm watch issued by NOAA

 October 14, 2025 October 14, 2025

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    |   7:52 pm 7:52 pm

Good evening and welcome to the official MABW forecast. The new universal day will be upon us in another 25 minutes, that wonderful time I used to call DISCOVR rollover, when the satellite feed updated and All Was Known. Well, in that hour, anyway. What we do know is that it’s cloudy. We also know […]

Watch This Space.

 October 13, 2025 October 13, 2025

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    |   9:28 pm 9:28 pm

This is what a solar synoptic map looks like. They are updated every three hours at SWPC, and give us all the information we need to know about Coronal Holes. Here is one such coronal hole, which should be geo-effective until about the 20th or so. It’s a bit bigger than the last trip around- […]