35% chance of Halo CME Today

[svetz]

Will our panels make more power today? Probably not, but might be fun to check if you have two days of similar weather. Post your Results!

NOTE: This is not a Carrington Event. Likely storm levels will reach only G1 or G2 on an exponential scale that goes all the way up to G5. Satellites and power grids will survive with ease while auroras may dance harmlessly in high-latitude skies.

A 'HALO CME' IS COMING
This could be the first head-on CME strike of young Solar Cycle 25. On Saturday, Oct. 9th, an M1.6-class solar flare in the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR2882 hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. SOHO coronagraphs recorded the storm cloud coming almost straight toward us. Ref

 

[svetz]

It would be interesting to see an analysis of solar panel degradation by latitude. If higher energy particles degrade them, today might be the day to wrap them in aluminum foil ;-) <sigh, knew I should have posted this in humor>

 

[Short_Shot]

Cue preppers going nuts trying to build a last minute Faraday cage despite knowing nothing about the subject.

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