Steve HermanMay 10, 2024
This is the first G4 severe level geomagnetic alert issued since 2005 with the coronal mass ejection arrival as early as this evening US time, NOAA's Shawn Dahl tells reporters on a conference call.
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Warning also just issued for a solar radiation storm at the S1 level with potential for a stronger event, adds NOAA's Dahl.
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Operators of North America power grid should have ample time "to adequately prepare" to help mitigate and control any developing problems, explains NOAA's Dahl. Worse possible situation would be a "Carrington Event" but "we're not anticipating that."
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@w7voa Awareness of such events is prudent. However, we had a G4 CME hit earth in March, and G4 events are common during solar maximum. Without additional data that might increase the threat level, this is the Sun doing Sun things.
May 10, 2024 at 2:22pmWeb