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Solar weather watches

Spectacular imagery (though I'm not sure I want to look at close-ups of our neighborhood nuclear power center very often :) ):



It did impact us (per SWPC, too) --



-- but not in a May or October 2024 major way. However, it will be facing us for a while...
 
Just posted; no word from other sources yet (and most of the tweet is over my head): "...In a nutshell, what all this means is that NOAA and NASA have underpredicted the impact of this coming storm. It could easily be a G3-level or higher, *IF* the observations from Solar Orbiter are any indication. Also, this storm will arrive between early to midday October 28 UTC time!"

 
There are times when it's good not to be on the receiving end. I don't know how this would have affected us but it probably would go beyond auroras.

 
An active region has rotated to face us again. From tweets, it sounds like the two events that led to this storm won't spark a May or October-style show, but an eye/lens on the sky Thanksgiving night, weather permitting, might be warranted:

 
It doesn't sound as though the geomagnetic storm is likely to cause aurora in mid-latitudes on New Year's Eve, but this might be something to keep an eye on for the 1st (NOAA says they might upgrade that one):

 
A few minutes ago, SWPC posted a notice of G2 storm conditions. This tweet is from 9 hours ago; presumably it applies to North America, too:

 
Within the hour:

 
 
 
Not an official source, but that does look like the Sun is gaping at us - mid-latitude aurora watchers might be in luck, if weather cooperates:


 
Pew-pew! He didn't have to loop it -- my existential dread level is sufficient as is. ;) This wasn't aimed our way but the source region is rotating to face us.

 
 
We lucked out with that one, though are currently under an S2 watch as shown at the link:

 
In case anyone is still up:

 
Posted just now:

 
Posted 30 minutes ago; Spain's Basque Country:

 
All that might have been when the magnetic field associated with the CME had flipped south. It apparently has flipped north again, per T. Skov, which might reduce our chances for low-latitude aurora tonight:

 
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