{"id":33218,"date":"2025-04-16T14:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33218"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:21:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:21:51","slug":"a-strong-geomagnetic-storm-is-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33218","title":{"rendered":"A STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM IS UNDERWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweather.com\/\">https:\/\/spaceweather.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM IS UNDERWAY: <\/span><\/strong>A G3-class (Strong) geomagnetic storm is underway on April 16th, with a slight chance of intensifying to category G4 (Severe). This is happening because a CME hit Earth&#8217;s magnetic field on April 15th. It may have been a Cannibal CME&#8211;a pile-up of two closely-spaced CMEs, in which one overtook the other. Cannibal CMEs contain shock waves and enhanced magnetic fields that do a good job sparking auroras.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;The CME delivered!&#8221; reports Sebastian Sainio from Finland. &#8220;It sparked a great, although not so long-lasting show on the night between the 15th and 16th of April.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweathergallery2.com\/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=222076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceweather.com\/images2025\/16apr25\/finland_strip.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;The scenic landscape on the island of Raippaluoto in western Finland gave extra vibe to the photos,&#8221; he says. &#8220;The water was also exceptionally calm that night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">If today&#8217;s storm persists at current levels (a big IF), auroras would appear across Canada and some northern-tier US states during the night of April 16-17. <strong>Aurora alerts:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweatheralerts.com\">SMS Text<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>more images:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweathergallery2.com\/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=222079\">from Gregory Ash<\/a> of Ely, Minnesota; <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweathergallery2.com\/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=222082\">from Kristian Eli Eli Zachariasen<\/a> of the Faroe Islands; <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweathergallery2.com\/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=222074\">from Thierry Garcia<\/a> of Fishburn, Durham, England; <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweathergallery2.com\/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=222083\">from Jeff Dykstra<\/a> of B\u00fa\u00f0ardalur, Iceland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/spaceweather.com\/ A STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM IS UNDERWAY: A G3-class (Strong) geomagnetic storm is underway on April 16th, with a slight chance of intensifying to category G4 (Severe). This is happening because a CME hit Earth&#8217;s magnetic field on April 15th. 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