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Coronal hole faces Earth

The previous coronal hole solar wind stream gave us some great auroral displays around the world as it caused moderate G2 geomagnetic storm conditions on 11 September which was predicted perfectly by the NOAA SWPC. Today we have yet another coronal hole facing our planet which should be exciting news for aurora watchers at high latitude locations!

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

Nuuk
Reykjavik

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

Tórshavn
Kuopio
Trondheim
Luleå, Sundsvall, Umeå
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (508 km/sec.)
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C6.38
A southern hemisphere coronal hole was detected in an earth-facing position on Tuesday, 8 April 2025

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