[MIham] Polar Geomagnetic Storms This Week

[Frank]

*Space Weather News for Nov. 17, 2015*
http://spaceweather.com 
<http://Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&id=e75e0bd09d&e=7020769562> 
*GLANCING-BLOW CME:* Polar geomagnetic storms are possible on Nov. 18th 
and 19th in response to a glancing blow from an incoming CME (coronal 
mass ejection). Auroras could appear in northern-tier US states from 
Maine to Washington. Visit Spaceweather.com 
<http://Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&id=03688ab081&e=7020769562> 
for more information.

*LEONID METEOR SHOWER: *This week, Earth is passing through a stream of 
dusty debris from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, source of the annual Leonid 
meteor shower. This is not a "storm year" for the Leonids. Forecasters 
expect a mild display of no more than 15 or 20 meteors per hour best 
seen during the dark hours before sunrise. Got clouds? You can listen to 
Leonid radar echoes on Space Weather Radio 
<http://Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&id=77e3ef0578&e=7020769562>.