Look at the sky after sunset Saturday evening - solar flares may be visible

The sun had a series of solar flares earlier this week. A large enough flare will be hit earth's atmosphere last evening and into this evening, Saturday, August 6, 2011 that it could be visible from Shoreline/Lake Forest Park.

Look early in the evening as soon after sunset as possible as the marine air flow will kick up again and bring in clouds pretty quickly. Given the narrow window of viewing it is a very slim chance any of us will be able to see anything, especially given that there are to many city lights here.

However, I have witnessed the Northern Lights that were bright enough to see from Richmond Beach Saltwater Park before, so that location and other dark locations away from street lamps are the best spots for viewing.