See the sights of an extreme geomagnetic storm around the world

See the sights of an extreme geomagnetic storm around the world

Several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) on the Sun, led to charged particles being hurled towards Earth. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center classified Friday’s event as a G5, the highest level on its geomagnetic storm scale. Auroras were spotted across Europe, Asia and North America. There were even sightings reported in New Zealand and the South Pole.

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 231

WW 231 SEVERE TSTM NC SC CW 101750Z – 110100Z
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 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 231
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
150 PM EDT Fri May 10 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southern and eastern North Carolina Northern and northeastern South Carolina Coastal Waters * Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 150 PM until 900 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorm development is expected along and
ahead of a weak cold front/surface trough, starting near the North
Carolina/South Carolina border and then spreading eastward and
southeastward through the evening. The storm environment will favor
a mix of supercells and bowing segments capable of producing large
hail of 1-1.5 inches in diameter and damaging gusts of 60-70 mph. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles north and south of a line from 55 miles south of
Charlotte NC to 30 miles south southeast of Cape Hatteras NC. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
29030. ...Thompson 

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