Aurora Alert-Aurora watch tonight (8 September)

The Australian IPS has just issued an aurora alert for high latitudes and the NOAA site a G2 storm current BUT of course it is daytime still. Whether it will persist into dark hours here in Australia is uncertain. Currentlt the magnetic field is relentlessly northward, which does not bode well for Australian aurora, but it may  have episodes of southward deflection during the evening. (there is also a geomagnetic alert current)

Dark sky sites have the best chance of seeing anything, and always allow around 5 minutes for your eyes to become dark adapted.
As always look to the south for shifting red/green glows, beams have been reported consistently over the last few aurora and a large green “blob” has been seen.

The all sky aurora camera in Northern Tasmania at Cressy may be helpful.
http://www.ips.gov.au/Geophysical/4/2>

SUBJ: IPS AURORA ALERT HIGH LATITUDES
ISSUED AT 0120 UT ON 08 Sep 2015 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE    

GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS. AURORA MAY BE OBSERVED
DURING LOCAL NIGHT TIME HOURS IN GOOD OBSERVING CONDITIONS
AT HIGH LATITUDES.

Follow the progress of this event on the IPS web site
by following the links to the Space Weather Status Panel,
Home > Space Weather

IPS would appreciate any feedback from people observing an
aurora giving details of location and time. Please provide
details at: http://www.ips.gov.au/Geophysical/2/5
Previous reports of observed aurora are archived under
http://www.ips.gov.au/mailman/listinfo/ips-aurora-sightings
Follow the progress of this event on the IPS web site
by following the links to the Space Weather Status Panel,
Home > Space Weather

SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 15/40
ISSUED AT 0132UT/08 SEPTEMBER 2015
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

The effect of a high speed solar wind stream from a coronal hole
is keeping geomagnetic activity enhanced. Geomagnetic activity
is expected to remain mostly enhanced to Active levels on 8 September
with the possibility of some minor storm periods.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED
DUE TO CORONAL HOLE HIGH SPEED WIND STREAM
FOR 08 SEPTEMBER 2015
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST
08 Sep:  Active

Further monitoring at
http://www.ips.gov.au