Apr 26, 2021 05:08 PM EDT
The National Weather Service s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has reformed the Geomagnetic Storm Watch that was in effect on April 25 to a Geomagnetic Storm Warning after discovering the early appearance of a hearty solar wind.
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SWPC
The SWPC reveals that minor to moderate level of the geomagnetic storm are being observed which shows the early arrival of an expected coronal mass ejection that came out of the Sun on April 22. The improvement in solar wind parameters were initially noticed by the DSCOVR spacecraft.
The transient solar wind characteristics is anticipated to lead to auroral enhancements that may be seen at night in the higher latitudes when the sky condition is favorable. Because of the power of this disturbance, aurora could be seen as far south as New York and Idaho and places in between. A partial halo Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was connected with a C3 flare from Region 2816 on the Sun, as stated by the SWPC.