Auroras might be seen as far south as Alabama later Saturday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center. The Space Weather Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, observed conditions of an extreme geomagnetic storm at 6:54 p.m. Previously, the center issued a geomagnetic storm watch on Thursday evening, the first such watch issued since January 2005. “The extreme geomagnetic storm continues and will persist through at least Sunday.”The storm could affect the power grid as well as satellite and high-frequency radio communications. That’s pretty awesome.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 11, 2024 20:49 UTC