forecasts – Space Weather Woman – Dr. Tamitha Skov

We have a solar storm that could side-swipe Earth over the next couple of days. Because the eruption was large and on the hairy edge of the Earth-strike zone, forecasting the strength of its impact at Earth is challenging. In this week's Solar Storm Forecast I go over these in detail. In addition to the

This week our Sun shows us just how far into the declining phase we have come! Our first spotless disk arrived September 19. Although it lasted less than a day, it marks a milestone for Cycle 25. Compared to average cycles, the first spotless sign typically means we have less than three years before

Our Sun keeps things interesting this week with multiple solar storms grazing Earth while Earth surfs the edge of some fast solar wind from an elongated coronal hole. This means we will be getting a bumpy ride with on and off fast wind and southward magnetic fields. Aurora chasers at high latitudes should already

This week our Sun is slow-dripping a bit of extra material off the heels of a filament eruption, which, combined with a far-sided blast, has made for a tangled mess of a coronagraph signature. This is always an issue because it makes the Earth-directed part of the event harder to isolate. As it turns

This week has been filled by a confluence of celestial events! First, we had a set of solar storms hitting late on August 11. Then, on August 12, a total solar eclipse graced the northern hemisphere. This was either a photographer's best dream or worst nightmare-- catching a total solar eclipse and aurora on