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An active substorm is in progress. We had a pretty good dip right at 19:46 UTC, which equates to 3:46 PM, so not long ago. (Count backward 4 hours from 19:46 and convert from 24 hour time.) Some chances we may see a few dips down to southerly bZ right at first dark, and through […]

New Theme and Color Palette!

August 16, 2025

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| 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 […]

The Breeze Freshens:

August 15, 2025

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| 11:52 am

How to read a NOAA Wind Graph It’s a ritual of mine to note the first day that the wind shifts North at the end of the Dog Days. This is the day for which one waited: perhaps tied to the floating docks at the public landing, if you were lucky to get a spot, […]

Into the Stillness

August 13, 2025

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| 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 […]

Venus and Jupiter Conjunction

August 13, 2025

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| 2:48 am

When it’s hot, these Dog Days, I bring horses out to graze in the cool of the morning, wandering around the farm before others are up and hopefully before the assault of the morning commute begins. My livestock guard dog wakes me up every morning at 3:30 am, and really, I don’t want to wake […]

Of Dog Days, Crickets, and Little Debbie Snack Cakes

August 10, 2025

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| 10:51 pm

Good evening and welcome to tonight’s forecast, Star Date August 10, 23:06 UTC, complete with a minor Radio Blackout alert. I’m sitting here back at the Weather Desk after an afternoon at one of my day gigs delivering groceries. Well, if you call them groceries. I don’t think Swiss Rolls are a food group. I […]

Hello travelers all!

July 27, 2025

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| 10:31 pm

This is the aurora diary of Lizzie Dickerson, founder and admin of the Maine Aurora Borealis Watch. Here, I am working to archive my former forecasts and writings, and on a daily basis, create more extended content to do with space weather forecasting and other signs and wonders, easier to find and refer to than […]

November 11-12, 2025
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 get another very strong burst in an hour, and the clouds may clear out at that point for a couple hours. Sunspot Region 4274 produced an X 5.1 flare (R-3-Strong) Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 13:43 UTC. We should see the effects of this in multiple CME occurrences between now and November 13. As of UTC rollover time, geomagnetic storm conditions are anticipated to continue into the night. An enhancement of the arriving IMF may hit within the hour, Maine time 11 pm. Southern Maine is reporting clear skies and photos of the aurora are being posted on the Facebook group. Midcoast, Central, Downeast, and Northern Maine are in the clouds, but clearing may occur. during the next burst. Current conditions now, 21:38 Maine Time Solar Wind Speed: 407 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 35 nT, Bz -9 nT Current conditions about 15 minutes ago: Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 37 nT, Bz -24 nT Solar Wind Speed: 457 km/sec

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23:13 UTC August 21, 2025

New Theme and Color Palette!

The Breeze Freshens:

Into the Stillness

Venus and Jupiter Conjunction

Of Dog Days, Crickets, and Little Debbie Snack Cakes

Hello travelers all!