A hole in the sun’s atmosphere is spewing solar wind toward Earth, and this is sparking bright auroras around the poles on Oct. 11th.
At the time of this alert, a G1-class geomagnetic storm is underway.
NOAA forecasters estimate a 70% chance of continued storms at high latitudes on Oct. 12th and 13th as Earth moves deeper into the solar wind stream.
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Source: southgatearc.org