Severe Geomagnetic Storm forecast for tonight

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

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

[oregonjen]

1. I'm crossing my fingers we can see the Northern Lights from the PDX metro area

Oregon actually has clear skies.

[orangecrush]

2. And during the day today

Some amazing long range communications in ham radio.

[brooklynite]

3. Sadly, it'll be cloudy in the Northeast,

[Think. Again.]

4. Well, at least they timed the communication disruptions for the middle of the night this time.

(PLEASE know that's a joke!)