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There's been a large solar coronal mass ejection that will cause increased aurora activity in the coming days. Europeans and N. Americans should keep their eyes peeled. N. American coverage map below....

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GEOMAGNETIC STORM: A strong-to-severe geomagnetic storm is in progress following the impact of a coronal mass ejection (CME) at approximately 12:15 UT on Sept. 26th. The Goddard Space Weather Lab reports a "strong compression of Earth's magnetosphere. Simulations indicate that solar wind plasma [has penetrated] close to geosynchronous orbit starting at 13:00UT." Geosynchronous satellites could therefore be directly exposed to solar wind plasma and magnetic fields. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for Northern and Southern Lights after nightfall.
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There's been a large solar coronal mass ejection that will cause increased aurora activity in the coming days. Europeans and N. Americans should keep their eyes peeled.

OK. My eyes are peeled ...

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My question is, does this mean that our poles are possibly shifting?

I know every winter it gets progressively colder here in the south, and last year it snowed here about 6 inches, most since a rare occurrence in 1979, and I can tell it is going to snow a lot again this year, in a place it normally never snows.

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My question is, does this mean that our poles are possibly shifting? I know every winter it gets progressively colder here in the south, and last year it snowed here about 6 inches, most since a rare occurrence in 1979, and I can tell it is going to snow a lot again this year, in a place it normally never snows.

No. Those are all completely unrelated phenomena.

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My question is, does this mean that our poles are possibly shifting?

I know every winter it gets progressively colder here in the south, and last year it snowed here about 6 inches, most since a rare occurrence in 1979, and I can tell it is going to snow a lot again this year, in a place it normally never snows.

Good thing 'you can tell'.

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Good thing 'you can tell'.

Well, it is quite obvious, it normally isn't 'this' cold here in October. I love snow, so I'm hoping for it. I'm no meteorologist, but yes, sometimes you can 'just tell.' Didn't mean to 'upset' you, sir.

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There was a major coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun aimed right at Earth a couple days ago, and increased aurora is the result. There was another shortly later, but it's heading for Mars.

CME's are normal features of our neighborhood star, but they increase in frequency and intensity at this point in the solar cycle.

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