[Prelimaurora] PRELIMINARY Daily Auroral Activity Report for 24 September

[Preliminary sightings of auroral activity]

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                        DAILY SUMMARY OF AURORAL ACTIVITY

                                24 SEPTEMBER 2006

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SYNOPTICAL INFORMATION
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     Auroral activity is now summarized by the presence (or absense) of
ground-based sighting reports. Forecast conditions can be inferred through
the geomagnetic activity forecast section of the daily summary report of
solar and geophysical activity. Near real-time conditions can be determined
at: http://www.spacew.com/aurora/forumnotes.html. Current information
on CME impact predictions can be found at: http://www.spacew.com/cme.


               SUMMARY OF GROUND-BASED AURORAL ACTIVITY SIGHTINGS
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               (Sightings are preliminary and may be unverified)

0039 UTC - (N53.56 E010.33) - Witzhave near Hamburg (Germany) 
           Comments: The aurora was only detectable by digital camera. Due to
           cirrus clouds a variation in brightness of the near horizon
           environment could not be observed visually.  
           The digital images show the upper red fringes of the far away
           auroral arc.  
           Images can be found at
           http://www.ulrich-rieth.de/Aurora2006/IMAGES/ 
 
0319 UTC - (N54.33 W113.91) - Dapp 
           Comments: very nice aurora, in the first hour just green but later
           on green and purple,  Aurora Oval moved South during 1,5h   
           from the North Horizion to direct overhead 
 
0430 UTC - (N45.75 W114.00) - Anaconda, Montana 
           Comments: So very happy to have an aurora sighting last night. 
           With company up for a visit from Arkansas, it was a special treat
           for the last night of their visit here to Anaconda.  It was a
           quiet, sutle display with some brightening at times with somebeams.
            Even had a couple of shooting stars thrown in as well. 
 
0456 UTC - (N49.50 W093.00) - Thunder Bay Ontario 
           Comments: The most spectacular sighting in my lifetime.  Backyard
           faces NNW...curtains from E to SSW and have been non-stop now for
           nearly 2 hours.  so far several signifcant spikes and streaks have
           been bright enough to read in the back yard - even wit some normal
           street light polution. 
 
0543 UTC - (N33.46 W094.07) - Texarkana, TX 
           Comments: Very faint green/gray glow to the north with rapid faint
           gray "rays" almost directly over-head. They "rays" seemed to
           intersect the galactic between Ursa Major and Cassiopeia in line
           with and covering Polaris. Very rare sighting!  
 
0546 UTC - (N47.15 W119.16) - MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON 
           Comments: I saw a glow and then the glow got brighter and then it
           slowly became more diffuse, it's still going on. It's awesome! I
           didn't want to go inside but it was getting cold out. I hadn't seen
           the aurora in quite some time, it was a very welcome sght, Awesome
           Dude!!! 
 
0600 UTC - (N46.50 W111.75) - Bozeman, Montana 
           Comments: The first time I have ever seen the aurora, so some of my
           estimates may not be "correct."  Saw the aurora for aproximately 2+
           hours. We were east of Bozeman, MT.  t peaked about 11:30PM MST
           with varing degrees of brightness and spikes towards he zenith. 
           Very pretty, I am impressed!! 
 
0600 UTC - (N53.18 W113.49) - Leduc,Alberta,Canada 
           Comments: Long rays from zenith to horizon.display stretching from
           NW to E .Greenish colour with red edges to the brighter rays . 
 
0620 UTC - (N47.15 W119.16) - MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON 
           Comments: ARCS AND CURTAIN ACTIVITY! ITS HAPPENING!! WHO'S GOT
           AURORA? I DO !!! 
 
1146 UTC - (N75.00 W167.00) - Chuchi Sea 
           Comments: Very nice display. 
 

**  End of Aurora Report  **