31 January 2025

Solar Forecast For The Weekend

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Following from the previous post, here's more data about what is expected just around the corner.

There have been a number of CMEs in the past 24 hours, with the clip above being one of them. If I have selected the correct CME, this is what Gregorio M Vigilante del Sol calls a "double CME" (here).

 

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The screenshot above shows the Solar wind prediction in about 24 hours from the time of this writing. Please visit SpaceWeatherLive to watch the video.

Look at that burst sweeping the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) strands, bunching up the ones belonging to Earth and Mars as well as three observatory crafts:

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This is the Magnetosphere density right now:

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/geospace-magnetosphere-movies

 

Aurora watchers are gearing up for this weekend:

Space.com

Let's continue monitoring this development.

Namarie! 💛


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