[South Florida DX Association] Space Weather News for July 13, 2003

[Bill Marx]

Space Weather News for July 13, 2003

A strong geomagnetic storm erupted on July 12th when Earth entered a
high-speed solar wind stream flowing from a coronal hole on the sun. "We
were treated to an extraordinary show of Northern Lights," reports one
observer in Wisconsin. "The lights were dancing wildly for about an hour
and a half." Sky watchers in Minnesota, North Dakota and parts of Canada
saw the display, too, in spite of the glare from a nearly-full moon.

Earth is exiting the solar wind stream now and the chances for more such
auroras this weekend are low.