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Posted: **Wed May 06, 2015 8:05 pm**

Hi all,

A CME released from the Sun on May 2nd finally reached Earth in the early hours of this morning, sparking a minor geomagnetic storm (Kp5) as seen on my magnetometer record below. The impact event itself was weak, as indicated by the arrow, but the storm is continuing to rumble on as Earth passes through the plasma wake, meaning that Aurora are likely at high latitudes tonight. Probably better in the darker skies in the south.

: 20150506_CME_Kp5.jpg (125.29 KiB) Viewed 3172 times

Thanks for looking.

Stu.

Posted: **Wed May 06, 2015 8:23 pm**

Good stuff Stu - thanks for the heads-up

I have just checked mine and have a good match

Posted: **Thu May 07, 2015 4:17 am**

Hi Stuart

a great report, thanks for sharing

Posted: **Thu May 07, 2015 5:36 am**

A good record Stu!

Posted: **Thu May 07, 2015 9:24 am**

Excellent

It is now not really getting dark properly so I guess seeing faint aurora is out of the question.

Alexandra

Posted: **Thu May 07, 2015 11:02 am**

Thanks Stu

Posted: **Thu May 07, 2015 11:17 am**

Thanks everyone.

Your feedback is much appreciated.

Cheers

Stu.

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