SWPC issues first G4 geomagnetic storm watch since 2005

Post by krasotkin » Fri, May 10, 2024, 10:27 PM UTC

uticus wrote: post #19

icegreentea2 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just went a took a look, seems like I could see sunspots around the 3oclock position.

Just verified I can see also, Central US. Wow that's huge to be visible from earth with no magnification.

Post by anileated » Sat, May 11, 2024, 10:02 AM UTC

Shank wrote: post #8

FL410 wrote: post #6

I am confused by the slide, which mentions in the first bullet point that this is the first "G4" since 2005, but in the last bullet point says there was one in March.

It’s the first G4 watch, but not the first G4 event. In other words, the prior G4 event was not predicted. It can happen that an event is more significant when it arrives than what was predicted, which is what happened here.