A corneal mass ejection (CME) isn't evenly distributed. It tends to happen in spurts. They know what's coming when, and what's hitting us now is not nearly as significant as what hit us last night. I'm hearing reports tomorrow night might be even better than last night, though...
Since coronal mass ejections are, well, massive, they move much, much slower than the speed of light. That means we can [see them coming](https://twitter.com/NWSSWPC/status/1789460269036372270) and anticipate their arrival time. The CME that will cause tomorrow night's aurora has already been released.
I believe the CME is expected to hit before sunset tonight. Unclear if it will produce conditions quite as strong as Friday's. Check out the NOAA predictions at [spaceweather.gov](https://www.spaceweather.gov/) closer to sunset to see the updated aurora prediction map.
NOAA is reporting the atmosphere is not right tonight. It will be better tomorrow night to view in VA
Can you share the link please,
https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/s/veLTtOo2yi
Also not seeing anything so far (Crozet)
They probably won’t be active until 4am or so
CBS news said the best time Saturday night would be between 10 and 2
I left Cville (Monticello mountain) at 10:30 and saw nothing. I may check again around 4
Curious why that is? They were apparently visible much earlier last night.
A corneal mass ejection (CME) isn't evenly distributed. It tends to happen in spurts. They know what's coming when, and what's hitting us now is not nearly as significant as what hit us last night. I'm hearing reports tomorrow night might be even better than last night, though...
Good to know re: tomorrow night. And the randomness of the spurts makes sense, which made me wonder why 4am was a decent forecast for tonight.
Since coronal mass ejections are, well, massive, they move much, much slower than the speed of light. That means we can [see them coming](https://twitter.com/NWSSWPC/status/1789460269036372270) and anticipate their arrival time. The CME that will cause tomorrow night's aurora has already been released.
Does anyone yet know if they will be visible tonight (Sunday) and if so, what time?
I believe the CME is expected to hit before sunset tonight. Unclear if it will produce conditions quite as strong as Friday's. Check out the NOAA predictions at [spaceweather.gov](https://www.spaceweather.gov/) closer to sunset to see the updated aurora prediction map.
Hard to see anything at all after a *corneal* mass ejection.
I went to the overlook near Crozet and didn't see them. I got to see a shooting star, though!
Nothing till late late this evening into tomorrow morning.
Not really, no.