Posted on 02/16/2023 9:49:06 AM PST by Red Badger
A huge solar storm will strike Earth on Thursday, potentially disrupting power grids and pushing the aurora as far south as Michigan and Maine.
Alerts issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration early Thursday morning ranked as a K-5 index (out of 9). A ranking of five or above is needed for the administration to issue an alert for upcoming solar storms.
Minor impacts to satellites, power grid fluctuations and a visible aurora were noted by NOAA. The highest geomagnetic storm category predicted thus far is a G2 storm on Feb. 18, which is considered “moderate” by NOAA’s rating scale. At that point, the aurora might be visible in parts of New York, Wisconsin and the state of Washington.
Power fluctuations are likely to occur further north Saturday, with high-latitude power systems experiencing voltage alarms, as well as issues with satellite orientation, NOAA noted.
Details shared online by space weather physicist Tamitha Skov suggested that Earth will take a direct hit starting some time in the afternoon Friday. Amateur radio and GPS reception issues should be anticipated, according to her prediction.
Until just a month ago, most solar storms couldn’t be forecast until a few hours ahead of time. It’s unclear whether NOAA used the latest technology to predict the impending storm. In extreme situations, solar storms have the capability of destroying all electrical equipment on the planet.
Oh another direct hit , YAWN
Please hit here, 8 inches of snow past few days, -3 degrees this morning, badly a solar anything is needed.
No problem, this will be a good dry run for what will happen when the real Chinese (or Russian, or Iranian) balloon shows up.
I’ll bet this is related to the chunk that fell off the sun a few days ago.
It didn’t fall. It was...pushed... :-o
Meh.
Glancing blow.
Minor geomagnetic instability, if anything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDhDxze2MQ0
Too bad we are going to be cloudy ...
I would have ventured up to the lake to see the aurora.
Something like this in Europe in 1938
Is Al Gore giving a speech on global warming in your area?
I noticed how that was dropped without further comment at the end of the article.
Carrington event. It’s a matter of when, not if...
might be the only thing that could reverse or slow down the advance of Idiocracy today.
what a wonderful thing it would be to fry all the social media platforms and all means and methods of wokeness and propaganda stirring up wars.
I would like to see Fox News melted into a lump of smokin plastic and twitter and fakebook too
It would also cure COVID , the imaginary pandemic that comes out of computers and TV's
women and minorities hardest hit....
‘My fellow Americans, the storm is upon us’. If the lights go out it wont be from the sun. Please let it be true.
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