Powerful geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois March 18-19

Powerful geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois March 18-19

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has issued a G2 geomagnetic storm warning for March 19 (UTC) — which interprets to late March 18 in North America — with G1 situations prone to proceed into March 20, as a number of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) head towards Earth. Geomagnetic…

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Northern lights may be visible in 9 US states March 13

Northern lights may be visible in 9 US states March 13

A high-speed stream of photo voltaic wind is predicted to comb previous Earth tonight (March 13), probably triggering minor (G1) geomagnetic storm circumstances in line with NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. Forecasters say storm exercise is more than likely March 13-14, with elevated geomagnetic circumstances presumably lingering into March 15 because the quick solar wind…

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