G3 Geomagnetic Storm in progress

[jwt873]

I went to do my morning chat with friends on 80 this morning and the band was dead. There were sparse signals across most of the HF bands.

A quick look at www.solarham.net showed the K index was up at 7.. (Highest I've seen it in many years). This equates to a G3 storm. So if your HF activity in the next day or so is less then stellar, this is why.

The effects of a G3 geomagnetic storm are explained here: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/images/NOAAscales.pdf

 

[mmckenna]

I have a cousin who lives in Alaska. He was posting some amazing videos of the aurora running last night/early this morning.

 

[mancow]

I have a cousin who lives in Alaska. He was posting some amazing videos of the aurora running last night/early this morning.

Would be neat to see those.

 

[mmckenna]

Would be neat to see those.

Not sure how to get them from where they are to here.

I was stationed out of Kodiak for a while, and had spent some time as a kid in Alaska. It never got old watching them.