EXTREME WEATHER CME IMPACT JOLTS EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD: As predicted, a coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth’s magnetic field on Jan. 4th (0254 UT). The impact jolted magnetometers around the world with the Canberra station in Australia registering a sudden impulse of 38 nT. It also ignited a G1-class geomagnetic storm. POWERFUL STORM HITS CALIFORNIA The low-pressure storm system moved in from the Pacific, bringing damaging winds, excessive rainfall and extremely heavy snow over much of California and into southern Oregon through Thursday Jan 5th. In central California, wind gusts had already reached hurricane force by Wednesday evening as the storm’s heaviest rain and strongest winds slammed into the Bay Area. Winds gusts topped 130 mph at Hopper Canyon and Alpine Meadows, and 119 mph in Kirkwood Meadows. Elsewhere in Grapevine Peak, Pulga and Nicasio, wind gusts exceeded 100 mph. And in Oregon’s Squaw Peak, wind gusts reached 106 mph. _________________________________________________________ CHRISTMAS LIGHTS: A high-speed stream of solar wind hit Earth on Dec. 23rd, sparking G1-class geomagnetic storms and auroras around the Arctic Circle. Markus Varik photographed the light show from Tromsø, BOMB CYCLONE HITS USA & CANADA A bomb cyclone is a large, intense midlatitude storm that has low pressure at its center, weather fronts and an array of associated weather, from blizzards to severe thunderstorms to heavy precipitation. It becomes a bomb when its central pressure decreases very quickly—by at least 24 millibars in 24 hours. __________________________________________________________ EXTREME UV FLASH __________________________________________________________ X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: An active sunspot is emerging over the sun’s southeastern limb. It announced itself today with an X1.1-class solar flare (May 3rd @ 1325 UTUT). NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash: Radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere, causing a strong shortwave radio blackout over the Atlantic Ocean and Europe: map. Signals below 30 MHz were attentuated for more than an hour. FLOODING IN VALENCIA SPAIN SURPRISE GEOMAGNETIC STORM: APRIL 10 2022 RECORD FLOODS IN SOUTH AFRICA APRIL 13 2022 The heaviest rains in 60 years pummeled Durban’s municipality, eThekwini in Zulu. According to an AFP tally, the storm is the deadliest on record in South Africa. The death toll from devastating floods in and around the South African port city of Durban has risen to 306, the government said Wednesday, after roads and hillsides were washed away as homes collapsed. M-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: Sunspot AR2941 erupted on Feb. 14th (1731 UT), producing an M1-class solar flare. A brief shortwave radio blackout followed the explosion after X-rays ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere. EXTREME UV FLASH – FEB 14, 2022 STORMS DUDLEY & EUNICE HIT THE UK- FEB 16 Storm Dudley batters UK leaving thousands without power and causing travel chaos Eunice arrived right on the heels of destructive Storm Dudley. The windstorm duo struck Europe with deadly force, unloading 100-mph winds in areas and causing a frightening scene on a commuter ferry in Germany. EXTREME UV FLASH- MAY 22,2021 CHINA ULTRA-MARATHON DISASTER MAY 22,2021
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