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A stormy start to September
It has been five crazy first days of this month as every single day thus far provided us with at least one 3-hour period where we reached geomagnetic storm conditions according to the NOAA SWPC. The first three days of this month even treated us with moderate G2 geomagnetic storming conditions. This was all thanks to a massive coronal hole system that has now started to rotate out of Earth's view. The solar wind stream has been diminishing in strength during the past hours and today will likely be the first day of this month that we will not reach the minor G1 geomagnetic storm level.
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