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Sunspot region 2894

Now that was an intense one and a half week if you ask us! Sunspot regions 2887 and 2891 really kept us all on our toes. M-flares and of course the X1.0 solar flare that looked really promising with an earth-directed coronal mass ejection. But we all now how that turned out. The plasma cloud only gave us a minor glancing blow and we never got the strong G3 geomagnetic storm that was forecast. Good thing we had sunspot region 2891 waiting in the wings.

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G1 - Minor geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 5
Threshold reached: 23:15 UTC

Current data suggests there is a moderate possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Iqaluit, NU
Nuuk
Sodankylä
Reykjavik
Kiruna

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Tórshavn
Oulu, Rovaniemi, Kuopio, Utsjoki
Kirkenes, Tromsø, Trondheim
Arkhangelsk, Murmansk
Luleå, Sundsvall, Umeå
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (511.5 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (12.38nT), the direction is moderately South (-10.36nT).
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-69nT)

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