The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare geomagnetic storm watch – the first in nearly 20 years.
An unusually strong solar storm could produce northern lights in the US this weekend and potentially disrupt power and communications.
The storm could produce northern lights as far south in the US as Alabama and northern California, according to the NOAA. The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued the first G4 geomagnetic watch since 2005. The aurora tonight/tomorrow morning may become visible over much of the northern half of the country, and maybe as far south as Alabama to northern California.Story:…“We are not anticipating that” but it could come close, said NOAA space weather forecaster Shawn Dahl.
An extreme geomagnetic storm in 2003, for example, took out power in Sweden and damaged power transformers in South Africa.
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