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National Weather Service, Wakefield, VA

6:32 AM EST, Wednesday, November 12, 2025

High pressure builds south of the area today, followed by a dry cold front crossing later tonight into Thursday. High pressure returns Friday into the weekend. Another frontal system may cross later Sunday into early next week.

Key Messages:

- Temperatures moderate back to average today.
- A dry cold front crosses the area tonight.
- Geomagnetic storm continues G1 to G4
#VAwx #NCwx #SpaceWX

The G4 geomagnetic storm is having an effect on the New Zealand power grid. Transpower have issued a Grid Emergency Notice and have taken lines and transformers in Southland out of service.
#spacewx #solarstorm

Going to kick off this account (and screen name?) with a "side" hobby of mine that's effectively been my main thing for the past while: photography.

And as far as photos to start with go, here's one I took during the May 10, 2025 geomagnetic storm. I figure an aurora photo on which I really pushed the contrast and saturation in post is fitting, given that the "main" project I'm planning on working toward is looking like it's going to be soft sci-fi (…or science fantasy, even?) in space!

#photography #space #aurora #northernlights #auroraborealis #spaceweather #spacewx #astrophotography

#solarycle25 can throw all the #solarfares #solarwinds #Geomagneticstorms it likes. BRING IT. First 3 days of sunrise #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #POTA #parksontheair #MorseCode CW activations on 40 meters. Most dots are contacts from same operators. Don't let #spacewx forecast stop you from operating.
Not one to shy away from a challenge; not going to let a somewhat dismal #spaceweather #spacewx forecast hinder my #amateurradio #hamradio #pota #parksontheair activation this morning. In less than an hour made forty #qrp #morsecode contacts on 40 meters during a #solarcycle25 K5 index #geomagneticstorm.

Here's showing not to let a #SpaceWeather #SpaceWX forecast sway you from doing a #POTA #parksontheairair activation. A Index (27) K Index (6) Solar Winds 429+ at 1000 UTC over U.S. today but here's a sample of the strong #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #MorseCode CW signals I received

https://youtu.be/mSjX5m2MWp4

Experimenting with different configurations of 40 - 15 meter #linkedefhw with #qrpguys mini tuner while hunting #parksontheair #pota #sota #summitsontheair and #DX into Europe. Due to #geomagneticstorm from Earth facing #coronalhole #hfbands were noisy. #solarcycle25 #spaceweather #spacewx