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Wednesday, November 06, 2024 23:08:15

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Space Weather Conditions
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24-Hour Observed Maximums
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Latest Observed
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R1-R2 --
R3-R5 --
S1 or greater --
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R1-R2 --
R3-R5 --
S1 or greater --
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R1-R2 --
R3-R5 --
S1 or greater --
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Current Space Weather Conditions
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R1 (Minor) Radio Blackout Impacts
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HF Radio: Weak or minor degradation of HF radio communication on sunlit side, occasional loss of radio contact.
Navigation: Low-frequency navigation signals degraded for brief intervals.
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  • Solar Wind Speed: km/sec
  • Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt nT, Bz nT
  • Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: sfu

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R3 (Strong) Flare Erupts from the Sun
G1 (Minor) Storm Watch for the 7 November UTC-Day
NOAA Shares Imagery from GOES-19 CCOR-1
Joint Solar Maximum Announcement from NASA and NOAA
R3 (Strong) Flare Erupts from the Sun
Wednesday, November 06, 2024 14:48 UTC

An R3 (Strong) solar flare erupted from the Sun and peaked at X2.3 at 8:40am ET (1340 UTC).

G1 (Minor) Storm Watch for the 7 November UTC-Day
Monday, November 04, 2024 20:16 UTC

G1 (Minor) Geomagnetic Storm Watch in place for the 7 November UTC-Day (evening of 6 Nov into 7 Nov ET).

NOAA Shares Imagery from GOES-19 CCOR-1
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 17:11 UTC

NOAA Shares Imagery From World’s First Operational Space-based Coronagraph

Joint Solar Maximum Announcement from NASA and NOAA
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 20:55 UTC

The Sun is officially in solar maximum of Solar Cycle 25.

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Coronal Mass Ejections

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GOES X-Ray Flux

GOES Proton Flux
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NOAA Scales Geomagnetic Storms
Kp < 5 Kp = 5 (G1) Kp = 6 (G2) Kp = 7 (G3) Kp = 8, 9- (G4) Kp = 9o (G5)