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Tennessee Hillbilly

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Fri May 10, 2024, 11:08 AM May 10

Severe Geomagnetic Storm forecast for tonight [View all]

A Severe G4 Geomagnetic Storm is expected to lash at earth around 03:00 — 09:00 UTC Friday night / Saturday morning (10 p.m. EDT Friday night to 4 a.m. EDT Saturday morning).

A series of strong solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections took place Wednesday and Thursday, directed towards Earth. These originated from a large and magnetically complex sunspot cluster (NOAA region 3664). Additional solar eruptions could cause geomagnetic storm conditions to persist through the weekend.

There is potential for disruption of communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations.

And there will be bright auroras, potentially as far south as Alabama!

Link:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/10/2239932/-G4-Severe-solar-storm-forecast-for-tonight

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