Monday, 2 June 2025 15:32 UTC
We remain at geomagnetic storm conditions as the effects of the coronal mass ejection from an M8 solar flare continue to influence our planet. The coronal mass ejection arrival earlier than expected, yesterday around 05:30 UTC. The north-south direction of the IMF (Bz) has been prolonged southward during the onset of the storm which resulted in G3 and G4 geomagnetic storm conditions. This triggered amazing aurora displays which were visible from southern parts of Australia, New Zealand and even places like Utah in the USA.
However, the Bz shifted mostly northward during the European night time hours which only thanks to the high solar wind speeds of around 1.000km/s still triggered occasional periods with storm conditions but the show was lackluster compared to what the US and our friends down under got to see.
However, in the last 12 hours the Bz shifted southwards again and is fueling more geomagnetic unrest. We are currently at moderate G2 geomagnetic storm conditions and this could persist into European nightfall gifting an opportunity to places like England and northern Germany to catch some aurora. However we are in the tail end of this coronal mass ejection so expect its effects to become less and less as time goes on.
Header image captured by Brad Hodge from New South Wales, Australia.
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Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future
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