Minor G1 geomagnetic storm watch for 6 April

Tuesday, 5 April 2022 16:04 UTC

A filament eruption on 3 April launched a faint asymmetrical halo coronal mass ejection towards Earth. The NOAA SWPC has modeled the plasma cloud and anticipates an impact on Wednesday, 6 April. Minor G1 geomagnetic storm conditions are possible after the cloud arrives. pic.twitter.com/qIgO6sulRj

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Sunspot region 2975 has now rotated onto the Sun's far side and that means solar activity has quieted down significantly. All of the remaining sunspot region's have fairly simple magnetic layouts and we do not expect M or X-class solar flares in the near future. Same can be said about the current geomagnetic conditions. None of the coronal mass ejections which could have delivered a glancing blow seem to have arrived at Earth. Geomagnetic conditions are below storm level and is expected to remain this way until the coronal mass ejection from the filament eruption mentioned earlier in this article arrives.