Big time uptick is what this is, and strap on your safety belts for an exciting show. Be as aware of the activity as you can, expect radio blackouts, and gps errors, and aurorae. We’ll likely need to produce some extra content due to this solar upheaval. We’ve gone from 0 sunspots to over 100 in a couple days. Radio flux now at 118!
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2021 Dec 16 2100 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 16 December follow. Solar flux 118 and estimated planetary A-index 8. The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 16 December was 2. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
