We (ok, Luke) have been tweaking the visualisation of the ensemble solar wind forecasts. Feedback welcome. Looks like we've got a storm a-brewing. research.reading.ac.uk/met-spate/huxt…

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Great. Thank you Heidi. I look forward to seeing the results of the census.

The latest WSA-HUXt forecast suggests a fairly big and fast #CME is heading for Earth and will arrive early on the 11th. Potential for some #SpaceWeather. @mathewjowens.bsky.social Harriet Turner

Mother forking shirtballs, it's really kicking off at STEREO-A (which is a few hours ahead of Earth, in solar wind terms.) Total field ~80nT, with a lot of that southward, maybe -75 nT?!. This is going to be big when it reaches Earth. stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/beacon/beacon_…

My colleague Giles Harrison is running a new citizen science project on The Zooniverse to digitise historic atmospheric electricity measurements. The aim is to use these data to help understand #ClimateChange

Do you know the difference between #geomagneticstorms and #solarstorms? Yes? Then submit an abstract to "The drivers, impacts and consequences of geomagnetic storms" at #NAM2024 this year!!✨💫 #geomagnetic #MIST MIST Maria Walach Jasmine Kaur Sandhu nam2024.hull.ac.uk/the-drivers-im…

Looks like there's a reasonably fast (~1000 km/s) and wide CME heading towards Earth. Predicted to arrive Wednesday. Should produce some moderate activity.

This thread is a worthwhile read for a deep dive into the reasons why #spaceweather forecasts can go right/wrong, and what we can do about it.