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<div>Auroras and the Geminid meteor shower, at once, perhaps, with a clear sky, that is, and away from the light pollution of cities:</div>
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<div>Ted Moffett<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/13/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Storhok</b> <<a href="mailto:cstorhok@co.fairbanks.ak.us">cstorhok@co.fairbanks.ak.us</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Tonight you may be able to enjoy a decent aurora display over Moscow (weather permitting).</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute Aurora Forecast for 12/13/06: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/" target="_blank">
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"Name of forecaster: Charles Deehr </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Time of prediction: 12/13/2006 9:48:00 AM*</span></font></p></td></tr>
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<p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Forecast:</span></font></b><span>Auroral activity will be high(+). Weather permitting, highly active auroral displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to as far south as Kodiak and Minneapolis, and visible low on the horizon from Salem, Oregon and Chicago.
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<p><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Additional Forecaster comments:</span></font></b> The solar active region that came around the limb last week is now facing Earth. There was a large solar flare with attendant coronal mass ejection from this region at 0224 GMT on the 13th. This interplanetary disturbance should reach the Earth on the morning of the 14th GMT. It could take up to 12 hours to transfer its power to the geomagnetic field. The conclusion is watch the sky tonight and tomorrow night in North America perhaps as far south as the middle US and tomorrow night in Europe as far south as northern Europe. The aurora should be visible also from Tasmania and South New Zealand.
<br>You can watch our simulation of the shock travel from the sun to the planets if you go to <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/" target="_blank">http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/
</a><br>and click on the black map on the left side of the page to watch the Java movie of the interplanetary shock.<br>Click on the short-term (1 hr) forecast map on the right hand side of the page to see what will happen in the next hour. That way you won't have to stand around outside like those in the maritimes right now in a 36 deg. drizzle and watch the cloudy sky.
<br>If it is clear where you are, watch for the Geminid meteors too. </p></td></tr>
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<li><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT) is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Universal Time (UT). Alaska Standard Time (AKST) is 9 hours behind GMT or UT. "
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hopefully you will be able to enjoy the show.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chris</span></font></p></div></div><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,
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