8/17 Recap
Today was pretty calm across all measures, but the next 3 days look like we’ll be in and out of Geomagnetic Storms, and our Solar Wind Speeds may reach as high as 600 km/sec any of the next 3 days. . The 8/14 CME arrived […]
Solar Event
8/16 Recap
Today was another quiet day in space weather, but things are expected to change when the CME arrives tomorrow, sometime in the morning CDT. Most forecasts are anticipating it’ll bring Solar Wind Speeds into the 500 km/sec, and it looks like it’ll last the day, […]
Massive Coronal Hole Doubles in Size
NOW FACING EARTH Look at what has happened on the Sun. The massive coronal holes we showed you just a couple of days ago have nearly doubled in size. And now they’re facing Earth. High-speed solar wind is pouring out of these enormous openings in […]
8/15 recap
It’s been a quiet couple of days in space weather. While the CH HSS did arrive yesterday, it didn’t raise Solar Wind Speeds into the 400 km/sec range and didn’t raise the HP Index above HP = 3.3. Tomorrow’s expected to be similarly quiet, and […]
Massive Filament Eruption
SUN TEARS OPEN AS MASSIVE FILAMENT ERUPTS Something changed on the Sun overnight. Early this morning, a massive filament lifted off and erupted into space. But that’s not the only thing grabbing our attention. An enormous dark structure is stretching across a huge portion of […]
8/13 Recap
We had another quiet day today, but that’s expected to change at any minute due to an incoming CH HSS that’s expected to take us into the 400 km/sec range with Solar Wind Speed, and it’s expected to cause brief Geomagnetic Storms. The brunt of […]
8/12 Recap
Today was a pretty calm in space weather. We got down below 400 km/sec this afternoon CDT, and everything else was within comfortable levels. We’ll have one more day of these conditions before the next CH HSS arrives mid-evening CDT on 8/14. Most forecasts indicate […]
8/10 Recap
Space weather calmed down today as the CME departed Earth. Our HP Index averaged HP = 1.0, and Solar Wind Speed stayed below 400 km/sec consistently beginning about noon CDT. We’ll have another day of calm across all features we follow before the new CH […]