POES North. Watch for any blue or other color extending into North Carolina or below. The closer the red is to us, the better the chance to see an aurora in North Carolina.
If this circle goes from green to brown to red and extends at least as far south as Virginia, you will have aurora activity in North Carolina
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Watch for this circle to be bright yellow or cream colored and extending south. Watch for high risk numbers and watch for the PACE latitude numbers to be close to 50. When all these things come together, you will have aurora activity in North Carolina.
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POES South. This is the southern hemisphere and does not effect us. When POES North gets hot, this one usually does too.
Watch for the green prediction stars and the blue observed Kp line to be above 7. In theory, these lines need to be at 9 to see an aurora in North Carolina. In practice, we have see aurora here with a Kp line between 6 and 7.
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