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Thursday, January 02, 2025 15:58:28

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Space Weather Conditions
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24-Hour Observed Maximums
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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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G4 (Severe) Geomagnetic Storm Alert Threshold Reached at 1241 ET
G3 on 1 January 2025
NOAA Shares Imagery from GOES-19 CCOR-1
G4 (Severe) Geomagnetic Storm Alert Threshold Reached at 1241 ET
Wednesday, January 01, 2025 18:32 UTC

The G4 (Severe) Geomagnetic Storm Alert threshold was reached on January 1st, 2025 at 1241 ET due to continued effects from the CME's that left the

G3 Storm Reached on New Year's Day of 2025!
Wednesday, January 01, 2025 16:31 UTC

The second CME arrived overnight and welcomed New Year’s Day in with a geomagnetic storm!

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

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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)