Coronal hole faces Earth, Minor G1 geomagnetic storm watch

Friday, 7 February 2025 19:26 UTC

As a matter of fact, we have a very nice trans-equatorial coronal hole facing our planet right now. While we expect background solar wind conditions to continue today and tomorrow, on Sunday (9 February) we should start to see the arrival of a high speed solar wind stream flowing from this coronal hole. In response to this, the NOAA SWPC has issued a minor G1 geomagnetic storm watch for the following day which would be Monday, 10 February.

A northern hemisphere coronal hole is facing Earth. Enhanced solar wind could arrive in ~3 days - Follow live on https://t.co/bsXLidnzGh pic.twitter.com/b8SeUpsC6P

— SpaceWeatherLive (@_SpaceWeather_) February 7, 2025

Meanwhile, our Sun has been reasonable active the past few days with sunspot region 3981 taking center stage as the most complex and active sunspot region. It has produced numerous M-class solar flares including an M7.5 solar flare today but none of the flares have been (very) eruptive or produced a coronal mass ejection with an earth-directed component. Have we passed solar maximum? What do you think? Leave your comment below!