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Coronal hole, SpaceWeatherLive alerts

It's that time again. We have yet another coronal hole facing Earth right now. A large northward extension of the southern hemisphere polar coronal hole that stretches all the way to the solar equator, is now in an earth-facing position. An enhanced solar wind stream could arrive on April 12 or April 13 and minor G1 geomagnetic storm conditions are possible when the solar wind stream arrives. Our header image shows this large coronal hole as captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in the 211 Ångström wavelength.

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G2 - Moderate geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 6
Threshold reached: 17:48 UTC

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

Arkhangelsk, Norilsk, Vorkuta
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (605 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (14.35nT), the direction is North (4.02nT).
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-62nT)

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18:00 UTC - Geomagnetic activity

Moderate G2 geomagnetic storm (Kp6) Threshold Reached: 17:00 UTC

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Minor G1 geomagnetic storm (Kp5) Threshold Reached: 16:28 UTC

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14:15 UTC - Geomagnetic activity

Moderate G2 geomagnetic storm (Kp6) Threshold Reached: 13:58 UTC

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12:18 UTC - Hemispheric Power Index

The OVATION model predicts the Hemispheric Power Index to reach 75GW at 13:21 UTC


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The OVATION model predicts the Hemispheric Power Index to reach 51GW at 12:57 UTC


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