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Happy Thanksgiving! Space Weather remains unsettled this week as we have some more fast solar wind from a southern hemisphere coronal hole hitting Earth in the next day or so. Although this fast wind will be pretty weak overall, it should keep us at unsettled conditions through the weekend. It will also bring aurora shows to high latitudes in through the weekend before settling down. Although the aurora never made it very far south during the previous solar storm last week, we do have the Unicorn meteor shower to thank for the bolide that exploded over southern Wisconsin a few days ago. As reports continue to surface, it turns out that this bolide was seen by many people over a large geographical range. Though most sightings were in Wisconsin, there have been multiple reports in places like California, South Dakota, and Ontario Canada! Learn the details of the coming fast solar wind, watch the new cycle 25 bright region peek up through the coronal hole and boost solar flux back into the marginal range for radio propagation, and see what else our Sun has in store for us!
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Field Reporting & Aurora Photos:
Notanee Bourassa, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada:
@TamithaSkov @TweetAurora While hoping for a #meteor storm of the Alpha Monocerotids and a minor geomagnetic storm of #aurora, I set out with my twin sons and their friend to witness it all under a dark starry #Saskatchewan night on Thursday November 21st, 2019. #YourSask #YQRAM pic.twitter.com/dBUNJ0gm1e
— Mr. Notanee Bourassa (SSM x 2) (@DJHardwired) November 26, 2019
Ollie Taylor, Durness, Scotland:
Clashnessie.. #scotland #Aurora
Taken on Thursday night, nice glow at Durness last night to, just got to find time to edit the images. @StormHour #earthcapture #ThePhotoHour @astro_apps_uk @LiveAuroraNetw1 @VisitScotland @BBCEarth pic.twitter.com/WLavnAIqeU— Ollie Taylor (@OllieTPhoto) November 23, 2019
EK3, Madison Wisconsin, USA:
I saw a big bolide come down just after dark. I assume the rooftop N SSEC camera caught it. It was so low I could hear it break up off the lakeshore from near the crew team boathouse. Some kid yelled "COOOL!" from a fishing boat offshore, and made me laugh. Others saw it. @UWSSEC
— EK3 (@EK14MeV) November 24, 2019
AOSSRooftopCameras, University of Wisconsin, USA:
Jenny Thiele:
We caught it on tape (top right)! #meteor #wcvb Disregard the time listed, it’s not accurate pic.twitter.com/EoaySBxv79
— Jenny Thiele (@jenny_thiele) November 26, 2019
American Meteor Society:
Solar Imaging and Analysis:
SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
Helioviewer: http://www.helioviewer.org/
Flare Analysis: http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest_events/
Computer Aided CME Tracking CACTUS: http://www.sidc.oma.be/cactus/out/latestCMEs.html
GOES Xray: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_1m.html
SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/
Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
GONG magnetic field synoptic movie: https://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/standard_movie.html
GONG magnetic field synoptic charts: http://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/
LMSAL Heliophysics Events HEK http://www.lmsal.com/isolsearch
Solar Wind:
DISCOVR solar wind: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/real-time-solar-wind
ACE Solar Wind: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/ace-real-time-solar-wind
NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: https://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=2038-01-23+00%3A44%3A00&window=-1&cygnetId=261
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa-enlil-solar-wind-prediction
Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Atmosphere:
GOES Magnetometer: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-magnetometer
Ionosphere D-Region Absorption (DRAP) model: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/d-region-absorption-predictions-d-rap/
Auroral Oval Ovation Products: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
Global 3-hr Kp index: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index
Wing Kp index prediction: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wing-kp
USGS Ground Magnetometers: http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/
USGS Disturbance Storm-Time (Dst): http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/dst/
NAIRAS Radiation Storm Model: http://sol.spacenvironment.net/raps_ops/current_files/globeView.html
Multi-Purpose Space Environment Sites:
NOAA/SWPC: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov
SOLARHAM: http://www.solarham.net/index.htm
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com
iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html
Definition of Geomagnetic Storm, Radiation Storm, and Radio Blackout Levels:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales/
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