Fingers crossed...

Aurora Forecast: In the middle of the night we received an alert from SpaceWeatherLive.com

It informed us that a large solar coronal mass has occurred—meaning there will be large auroras formed in two days time. We have the solar energy (Kp is 5), we have the new moon, all we need is clear skies. That’s not looking too good at the moment. This aurora chasing is keeping everyone on pins and needles and the topic at every table is the weather.

Here in Alesund, Norway at 10 am the weather was 48° and windy (32 mph) with steady rain. We sat at breakfast earlier and watched the wind blow clouds of rain across the harbor. Outdoors it came with sound effects. The rain is supposed to decrease, but the wind is supposed to increase over the course of the day.

Later....
It is 6 pm, we are enjoying cocktail hour. The captain came over the loudspeaker and let us know the overnight winds were 105 knots, and while they have decreased since the morning, they are still too brisk to safely depart. Maybe around midnight seems to be our best shot...he has to aim between two low pressure systems. We’ve been advised to remove breakables from the shelves and put them in drawers or on the floor. We’ll be late arriving into Tromso on Thursday, but we hope for some sort of clearing weather.

We have not yet decided whether we want to go back into town or whether we will just stay on board.