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Are we gonna hit all 3 storm scales in the first 4 days of 2025? 💥 ☀️ Currently approaching radiation storm levels following some west limb eruptions.

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How many X-class flares in total do you think AR3947 will pop off during its time on the Earth-facing disk? 💥☀️

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Despite expecting a CME around the same time, I would argue the current enhancement in the solar wind/magnetic is due to the fast solar wind from large +CH05. Are we finally reaching the point in the solar cycle where coronal holes can be a reliable source of activity again? ☀️

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Sara Housseal ☀️ @snhwx.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

As soon as I walked into work today, AR3947 popped it's third X-class flare. I see how this week is going to go...

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New trouble maker has entered the chat. ☀️ Second X-class flare today from new region AR3947 in the northeast! 💥

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Sara Housseal ☀️ @snhwx.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I’m still working on finishing my Kp blanket for 2024. Should hopefully have it done within the next week or so, but I’ve been keeping record of the daily max Kp (based on SWPC’s Kp) for the entire year and here’s the final results! ☀️

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Reposted by Sara Housseal ☀️

Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Sun today 02012025 plenty of activity crossing the face, big band of active regions and associated sunspots. #sun #solar #sunhour #sunspots #astrophotography #astronomy #space

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Sara Housseal ☀️ @snhwx.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Despite the rapid uptick in activity during the last week of December, monthly averages for SSN and F10.7 remained nearly the same as November's numbers, BUT still well above the forecast! 💥 Here's to another year of solar max! ☀️

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One of those days where I could really use more computer screens. 😂😮‍💨

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Starting off the year with what is now (just barely) the 3rd strongest geomagnetic storm of Solar Cycle 25. With the ongoing geomagnetic storm tentatively reaching a Dst of -214nT, that bumps the April 23rd/24th 2023 storm to 4th place with a minimum Dst of -213nT. ☀️

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Despite battling data dropouts with ACE & DSCOVR, it's clear that we are now in the core of the ongoing solar storm where there was been sustained -Bz for multiple hours. Although a little later than expected, it's currently looking right on par to verify the original G3 forecast. ☀️

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As the solar storm continues to bombard Earth, GOES-16 (east) is observing significant compression on the magnetosphere as it comes into the daytime sector. Magnetopause is currently compressed beyond geosynchronous, meaning GOES-16 is currently outside of the magnetosphere (negative mag values). ☀️

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I won’t be awake for local midnight (gotta babysit the Sun in the morning), so since it’s UTC midnight, farewell 2024! 🤍

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How is it looking for aurora tonight? Not good, nonexistent. But a majority of the northern US is under clouds, so didn’t really matter anyways. 😂

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Hello friend! 💥 Let the last geomagnetic storm of the year begin! ☀️

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Happy New Year’s Eve! 🎉 Low-energy protons at ACE are back on the rise, helping to indicate that we hopefully have one last good solar storm on the way to end 2024 and ring in 2025! 💥☀️

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