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Solar weather watches

 
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There's a big coronal hole facing us, and a fast solar wind as a result. It's just starting to arrive. NOAA has a G2 watch coming up for the 22nd and 23rd, as of a couple hours ago.
 
Folks in the Northern Lights thread better charge their batteries! She guesstimates G3-4 from this event, similar to October 2024, but notes that many factors will influence what we get.

Frankly, signing on to X and immediately reading this did nothing good for my peace of mind. :)



These Sun-watchers get so enthusiastic about the most terrifying-sounding things!

Here's the Space Weather Prediction Center, again.
 
Here's her earlier tweet from a few hours ago:

 
SWPC reports they are watching the solar observatories, and that datastream is live through their website, but I am not a Sun-watcher, so ???.

This is another useful account to follow for live updates, if you're on X -- knowledgeable but not a scientist.



Meanwhile, judging from some of the comments to her tweets yesterday, Dr. Skov apparently wears red suspenders a red blouse when she livestreams. This is from earlier today:

 
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Lots of images are coming online, of course, but this time-lapse from New Mexico is too awesome not to share (the Northern Lights thread is for members' own photos, etc., right?):



Wow!
 
The Sun has sent us a holiday package (not subject to tariffs):

 
NASA:

 
 
There is lots of info at the SWPC page. We are at G4 now and it looks like that will continue tomorrow, too.
 
Not a watch but an in-depth commentary posted 15 hours ago from someone knowledgeable.

...We should be very thankful we did not have to endure this one head on, especially after the one we just endured. Two back-to-back G5s are not to be taken lightly, even if the aurora dazzles.
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That emergency planning was smart, just in case. Auroras aren't the only thing in solar weather. And now they have plenty of gas!

 
Just in case your load of existential dread is too light today... ;)


 
Not a watch but  perhaps related to events earlier this year. I had heard of the Airbus recall but didn't realize that it was space weather related. Dr. Skov asks a good question.

 
 
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