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Solar wind (Speed, Density), Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) (Bt, Bz)

Solar wind

Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF)

Courtesy of NASA and the ACE Science Center (SWEPAM, MAG instruments teams) and/or NASA/NOAA DSCOVR (PlasMag instrument team)

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Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Whitehorse, YT, Yellowknife, NT
Fairbanks, AK, Utqiagvik, AK
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (523.6 km/sec.)

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