...and an echoing grumble from back east...cloudy all week for us too. :( ~Kelly

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Message: 5 Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:16:30 -0600 From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Panstarrs & aurora Message-ID: <0E8FA214-E18A-4AFB-9B9E-D6377F4794BB@wirelessbeehive.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252

Looks like we're not going to miss just the comet. Maybe an auroral display too.

Earlier today I received the following from SpaceWeather.

Grumble,

patrick

+++++ A magnetic eruption on the sun during the early hours of March 15th hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) directly toward Earth. NOAA forecasters estimate a 70% chance of polar geomagnetic storms when the CME arrives on March 17th. High-latitude and possibly even middle-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras this weekend. +++++