[nrv-hams] Solar Event In Progress - Possible Aurora Tonight

[John Morehead]

Interesting Thanks Sarah
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> On Jan 19, 2026, at 1:49 PM, Sarah Over <sarah.e.over at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> For those that did not see the news yet, we had a large solar flare yesterday (X-class)!  This flare has already produced a solar proton storm and we are currently at the second highest level on that storm scale (S4).  It is rare to have this much activity without a geomagnetic storm too, which should be coming tonight.
> 
> NOAA has predicted possible aurora tonight as far south as Alabama (G4 storm level with Kp of 8) with peak activity after midnight.  They will have an updated prediction around 7:30 PM if not sooner at spaceweather.gov <http://spaceweather.gov/>.
> 
> Spaceweather.com <http://spaceweather.com/> is also updating frequently and a good source of active events in progress.
> 
> 
> 73!
> 
> Sarah
> KQ4NQO
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