Two small coronal holes faces Earth
Tuesday, 24 May 2016 18:10 UTC
Solar activity remains at low levels as we only have one numbered sunspot region on the Earth-facing solar disk. Most of the geomagnetic activity at Earth thus has to come from coronal holes and today we have yet another coronal hole facing our planet.
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It's actually not one, but two smaller coronal holes that face Earth. We should start to feel the effects of their coronal hole solar wind streams in about 2 to 3 days from and a Kp of 4 (active geomagnetic conditions) can be expected. Sky watchers in Tasmania (Australia) and perhaps around the US-Canadian border should be alert for aurora when the solar wind stream arrives.
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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
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