As reported yesterday, the Northern Lights were supposed to be visible below 55 latitude early this morning due to a major solar flare.   Unfortunately, our trained staff of sky watchers was outside in the predawn hours this morning and saw nothing.

At one point we did cut a large hole in the humidity but after removing the plug of water vapor and peering through, we couldn’t see anything else aside from bugs and the occasional flying airplane.
This isn’t a huge surprise as the only time we have personally witnessed the Northern Lights is during the coldest, clearest nights of winter.

Obviously that doesn’t apply to central Indiana today.  Just before dawn the temperature was 80 degrees, the dewpoint was 77 and the relative humidity was 90 percent.   We knew it was a bit damp when we saw a small school of minnows that had perched on the outside of our bathroom window overnight.

photo: NASA.com

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