Dangerous Potential Blast Sites Are Facing Earth - Solar Storms Hit Earth - Aurora Alert

A CME hit Earth’s magnetic field, sparking geomagnetic storms as strong as category G1. The solar wind speed is currently above 550 km/s and the Bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is pointing south. G2-class geomagnetic storms are possible in the hours ahead as Earth passes through the CME’s strongly magnetized wake. NOAA forecasters say that storm conditions will continue on Nov. 26th with the arrival of a second CME. Skywatchers should be alert for auroral displays. THE CMEs were hurled into space by magnetic filaments erupting from the sun earlier this week. Multiple overlapping CMEs have left the sun in recent days, making it difficult to unravel their trajectories. Dangerous Potential Blast Sites Are Facing Earth. The face of the sun is peppered with active regions and unstable magnetic filaments. There are multiple dark filaments that are unstable and capable of flinging CMEs into space. However, the most dangerous potential blast sites are two large sunspots. These are sunspots with delta-class magnetic fields; mixed magnetic polarities are bumping together, creating conditions suitable for powerful X-class solar flares. If such an explosion occurs this weekend, it will be geoeffective because the sunspots are facing Earth. Thanks for watching! #sunspots #CMEs #solarstorms Images credit: NISP (Learmonth, Australia, AIA/SDO/HMI, SOHO/LASCO, NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, NOAA/SWPC Music credit: YouTube Audio Library Lifelong - Anno Domini Beats