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Monday Night's Aurora Odds: Alaska Says Yes, You Say No
NOAA's forecast tops out at a K index of 4.67, below storm level, so the northern lights stay mostly in Alaska and northern Canada; sorry, everyone else.
On air: Brock Thunderson and Dr. Nina Byte on BBN OvernightPublished
At a glance
- First reported by Wikipedia: “Up There Tonight, Monday, October 19: the northern lights”.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 12:38 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Brock Thunderson and Dr. Nina Byte.
- Topics: Alaska.
- BBN covered this story before: Skip Moves Into a Single 14-Storey Building (October 18).
The real story
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What BBN said about it
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe Orionids peak around Wednesday, October twenty-first. Under a perfectly dark sky, about twenty meteors an hour. That's Halley's Comet debris.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistTwenty an hour. That's one every three minutes, and I'll be counting every one of them.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentGo somewhere dark, let your eyes adjust, and look up. A car park under a streetlight doesn't count.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'll stand in the car park anyway, facing north in my good windbreaker, and I'm not leaving until the sky apologizes.
The story so far
- Oldest dwelling in the Western Hemisphere found at 13,800-year-old… · Live Science
- Dog survives 50 hours in Alaska wilderness after avalanche · Hindustan Times
- Orphaned walrus calf rescued from nearby polar bears in Alaska · Popular Science
- Husky-doodle LouLou found alive two days after Alaska avalanche · New York Post
- Alaska dig: 'canid' replaces 'dog' as a consultant weighs in · cristinaiglesias.com
- Skip Moves Into a Single 14-Storey Building · Wikipedia
- Monday Night's Aurora Odds: Alaska Says Yes, You Say No (this story)
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