Solar storm heading to Earth could disrupt communications and bring northern lights to California
LOS ANGELES — A different kind of storm could complicate this weekend's plans. For the first time since January 2005, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a severe geomagnetic storm watch for Friday evening. The category G4 watch from NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center signals the possibility that a concentration of energy flaring from the Sun could disturb ...
by Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times
May 10, 2024
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LOS ANGELES — A different kind of storm could complicate this weekend's plans.
For the first time since January 2005, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a severe geomagnetic storm watch for Friday evening.
The category G4 watch from NOAA's signals the possibility that a concentration of energy flaring from the Sun could disturb our planet's electromagnetic field once it reaches Earth.
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