A powerful solar storm from the other night had stargazers excited at the thought of increased auroral activity. There have been some reports today saying the solar storm wasn’t as strong as originally thought.
It might be worth a look to the north tonight but it appears viewing will be confined to areas north of the US/Canadian border. -ES
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This post was written by Eric Sorensen on March 8, 2012
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2013 is a special year for Chief Meteorologist Eric Sorensen as he celebrates working at WREX for a decade! From 1999-2003 he worked as a Meteorologist in East Texas at KTRE and KLTV. Eric was born and raised in Rockford, attending St. Edward's Grade School, Boylan High School, and Northern Illinois University. In June 2008 he received the prestigious Silver Dome Award for 'Best TV weathercast' from the Illinois Broadcasters Association. His parents live in Belvidere and are viewers every night. He has an older brother who lives in the western suburbs and a sister in Southern Wisconsin. He's happy to share his Rockford home with the official 13News Weather Lab (a 12 year old black lab named Theo).
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Meteorologist Joe Astolfi was born and raised in Sandusky, Ohio, home to the world famous Cedar Point Amusement Park.
As a child, Joe would always flip through the television stations to catch all the different weather forecasts; his favorite meteorologist is Dick Goddard, Cleveland’s Tom Skilling. Joe moved to Illinois to attend Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology and Geographic Information Systems certificate from NIU in 2009. Ever since, he has lived in the Rockford area and is thrilled to be able to forecast the weather for northern Illinois.
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University of Alaska has us at a 6 tomorrow night, and 5 tonight. The KP is 4 right now. Their site’s down right now, though.
Do you know I am seeing in the western sky? What appears as two very bright “stars”,maybe planets?
The two very bright stars you are seeing are Venus and Jupiter, and they are going to continue getting closer to each other during this month.
Cool! Jupiter looks like a spaceship! Thanks!
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