Auora Forecast From NOAA Space weather expert: Shawn Dahl, SWPC Service Coordinator, on CME progression & how they analyze & interpret geomagnetic storm activity and solar wind environment; with info about what to look for tonight regarding aurora chances. 6:30PM MT /8:30 PM ET/ 5:30 PM PT Update Video Courtesy: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center | Heidi Hatch

The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch for tonight! Will we be able to see them in New York State? Howard has more info on potential viewing conditions: | WBNG 12 News

434K views · 3.4K reactions | NOAA's NWS Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a G3 (Strong) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for April 16, after a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the sun last Sunday. The Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument onboard NOAA's GOES East (GOES-19) satellite captured the Earth-directed double filament eruption. | NOAA Satellite and Information Service | Facebook

The Sun just fired off its most powerful kind of flare. At 1:09 p.m. EST on January 18, 2026, the Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a dramatic burst of light and energy emerging from the Sun’s surface. Classified as an X1.9 flare, this event is part of the most intense category of solar flares — with the potential to disrupt life here on Earth. Solar flares are sudden explosions of energy caused by the tangling, crossing, or reorganizing of magnetic field lines near sunspots. This particular f