Hasty Briefsbeta

  • Geomagnetic Storm
  • NOAA
  • Space Weather
  • NOAA forecasts severe solar storm with a Geomagnetic Storm Watch for May 10
  • Solar flares and CMEs from a large sunspot cluster reported from May 8 onwards
  • Potential impacts on Earth's infrastructure, communications, electric power grid, and satellite operations
  • The onset of a geomagnetic storm will be monitored using NOAA and NASA's space assets
  • Auroras may be visible as far south as Alabama and Northern California during severe geomagnetic storm
  • Media availability scheduled for May 10 at 10 a.m. EDT with experts from NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center