Space Weather Prediction Center

The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a G2 moderate geomagnetic storm watch for October 9, raising chances of aurora sightings at unusually low latitudes. Attention is also on a new spacecraft capturing a burst of aurora around the North Pole and the SMILE satellite, which is ending an 18-year gap in X-ray observations of Earth's magnetic shield.

The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm watch for October 9. A watch at this level means enhanced solar activity could disturb Earth's magnetic field, with the potential for aurora visible farther from the poles than usual and minor effects on satellites, radio communications and power grids. Space weather watchers are monitoring conditions ahead of the date.