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Space Weather Woman Space Weather Physicist. Forecasting aurora, GPS, HF radio and radiation issues during solar storms.

Just like terrestrial weather on Earth, Space Weather can be as mild as a rainstorm or as wild as a hurricane. Let The Space Weather Woman and this vibrant community show you in non-science jargon how this new kind of weather impacts your daily life. You will never look at the Sun or the Earth in the same way again. After all, Space Weather is just like the weather in your own backyard, it’s just a little further up.

The new forecast is up! Learn the details of the coming solar storm side swipe, see when we last saw a heart-shaped co...
10/01/2026

The new forecast is up! Learn the details of the coming solar storm side swipe, see when we last saw a heart-shaped coronal hole, and take a 3D tour with the solar storm visualizer to discover what aurora chances are this week. A large cluster of regions is also rotating back into view & that should make radio amateurs smile: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceWeatherWoman/posts/171080536 (no paywall + graphics)

A partially Earth-directed solar storm comes! Although the storm launched west of Earth, we may get a glancing blow late...
09/29/2026

A partially Earth-directed solar storm comes! Although the storm launched west of Earth, we may get a glancing blow late October 1. Using NASA's model solution I ran my flux rope 3D Visualizer to see how much of a side swipe the storm could give us. We'll likely miss the solar slinky core, but the envelope of the storm could hit us. Images show H3lioviz 3D projection of the NOAA model run with my visualizer. Check out the flux rope 3D animation https://shorturl.at/WzKwk (takes a minute to load)

Our Sun shows how deep into the declining phase we are by flirting with the notion of a spotless day, but it doesnt last...
09/21/2026

Our Sun shows how deep into the declining phase we are by flirting with the notion of a spotless day, but it doesnt last long! Fast wind comes, flare activity is ramping up, and the promise for more solar storming is rotating into view. Learn the details of the sun's latest activity and what it means for aurora chasers, aviators, and radio operators: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceWeatherWoman/posts/170124881 (no paywall + graphics & blog)

The new forecast is up! Learn why the recent solar storms and fast wind have been unpredictable, watch how a radiation...
09/16/2026

The new forecast is up! Learn why the recent solar storms and fast wind have been unpredictable, watch how a radiation storm got delayed in transit, see what impacts these events have had over the past few days, and why the storming is likely not over yet: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceWeatherWoman/posts/169673109 (no paywall + blog and graphics)

Our Sun has sent us a wave front of solar storms along with some fast wind that are hitting Earth now. Learn the details...
09/08/2026

Our Sun has sent us a wave front of solar storms along with some fast wind that are hitting Earth now. Learn the details of these events, see what more there is to come, and why so many are being launched from sunspots that seem to have low flare potential. Radio amateurs and GPS users should expect signal degradation through September 12. Aurora chasers at high latitudes should get good shows and even chasers at mid-latitudes should enjoy sporadic shows with the dark moon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceWeatherWoman/posts/168924837 (no paywall + blog & graphics)

09/05/2026

Conditions at Earth have lit up like a Christmas tree! The GEOCHRON shows how the polar cap absorption event at the poles due to the radiation storm continues to grow more intense. Along with continued solar flares, this is causing ROTI turbulence zones (purple splotches) to increase. GPS users and airline pilots at high latitudes should remain vigilant as signal degradation is very possible now.

Check out how fast the radiation storm rose, especially the higher energies (100 MeV). They reached the S1-level easily ...
09/05/2026

Check out how fast the radiation storm rose, especially the higher energies (100 MeV). They reached the S1-level easily 30 minutes before the low energies did. Now that is a hard spectrum! This means the blast wave created by the eruption was extremely strong and fast, despite the flare being weak (only an M1-flare). This is why we cannot judge the strength of radiation storms or solar storm launches by the intensity of a solar flare!

09/02/2026

Newly numbered Region 4524 makes an entrance with an M3-flare and high R1-level Radio Blackout! It also launched a massive solar storm to the East of Earth, so it will miss us. Here is the GEOCHRON view of the R1-radio blackout over the western hemisphere. Degradation is likely over the next hour or so up through the 20 MHz band on the dayside. Note: this flare might have been slightly occulted by the East limb of the Sun. That tells us bigger flares and possibly radiation storms are possible!

4 solar storms are on their way to Earth! Plus, watch a new Rossby surge take hold of our Sun & see a bunch of new regio...
08/28/2026

4 solar storms are on their way to Earth! Plus, watch a new Rossby surge take hold of our Sun & see a bunch of new regions emerge all at once. Find out what all this means, check out the aurora viewing chances, especially with a bright moon and partial lunar eclipse coming, and more in this week's forecast: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceWeatherWoman/posts/167808431 (no paywall + blog and graphics)

08/22/2026

The edges of our Sun light up! Regions 4507 and 4513 on the Sun's limbs are firing big flares and solar storm launches. But the biggest impact at Earth right now is from a radiation storm from the Sun's farside! Old Region 4503 fired a big event and now Earth will be bathing in energetic particle fluxes for the next couple of days. See details in the Space Weather Snapshot.

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