2021-23

EXTREME WEATHER 2021-23

May 22, 2021 – FLARES & EXTREME UV FLASH Formerly quiet sunspot AR2824 is suddenly crackling with solar flares. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded seven C-class flares and two M-class flares during a 12-hour period.

MAY 22,2021 – CHINA ULTRA-MARATHON DISASTER; 21 people, including two of China’s top marathon athletes, died after freezing rain and high winds struck a 62-mile mountain race in northwestern China, local officials said on Sunday.

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March 31, 2022 – CME IMPACT SPARKS MID-LATITUDE AURORAS (UPDATED): As predicted, a Cannibal CME hit Earth’s magnetic field The impact caused a geomagnetic storm and auroras viewed across multiple northern-tier US states. “Last night we saw some amazing auroras in North Dakota,” reports Elon Gane who sends this picture from the shore of Lake Darling:

March 31-APRIL 1 2022 – TORNADOES ACROSS THE MIDWEST
146 tornadoes touched down; 115 occurred on March 31 alone. The outbreak ranks third or fourth worldwide for producing the most tornadoes in a 24-hour period, with 136 tornadoes occurring between 19:00 UTC March 31 – 19:00 UTC April 1.

APR 10 2022 – G3-CLASS STORM & STRONG AURORAS

APR 13 2022 – SOUTH AFRICA FLASH FLOODING – The heaviest rains in 60 years pummeled Durban. 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.

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April 30, 2023 – A DANGEROUS SUNSPOT: Big sunspot AR3288 has an unstable ‘delta-class’ magnetic field that harbors energy for powerful X-class solar flares. If such an explosion does occur this weekend, it will be geoeffective. The sunspot is almost directly facing Earth.

May 1, 2023 at 1309 UT, SOLAR FLARE AND RADIO BLACKOUT: Unstable sunspot AR3288 erupted producing a M7-class solar flare. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash:

May 6, 2023 – G2-CLASS GEOMAGNETIC STORM at 01:00 UT with auroras visible in Canada and at least three northern-tier US states. Harlan Thomas witnessed the surprising display over Gayford Pond northeast of Calgary, Alberta:

May 6-June 7 2023 – The Province of Alberta declared a State of Emergency More than 120 fires were ignited by lightning in one day and more than 400 active fires as of 7 June.

May 6, 2023 – Province of Alberta declares a state of emergency, with 108 active fires and more than 125 ignited by lightning in a single day increasing to more than more than 400 active fires burning in the province.

May 7, 2023 – CLASS- G1 GEOMAGNETIC STORM

May 9, 2023 – CLASS-G1 GEOMAGNETIC STORM at 2310 UT.

MAY 9, 2023 – GEO-EFFECTIVE SOLAR FLARE, CME & EXTREME UV FLASH:

May 12, 2023 CLASS-G1 GEOMAGNETIC STORM at 0635 UT

May 19, 2023 – CLASS-G2 GEOMAGNETIC STORM Naked-eye auroras were visible across many northern-tier US states while photographic auroras descended as far south as Missouri (latitude +40.2N)

May 21, 2023 – G1-CLASS GEOMAGNETIC STORM

June 7, 2023 – More than 400 active fires in Alberta

June 9,2023 – M-2 CLASS SOLAR FLARE: Sunspot AR3331 exploded producing an M2.5-class solar flare & extreme ultraviolet flash: A pulse of radiation ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere. This, in turn, caused a minor blackout of shortwave radio transmissions over the Gulf of Mexico: map.

June 15 2023 – G2-CLASS GEOMAGNETIC STORM

June 15 2023 – TORNADOS ACROSS USA – There were over 185 storm reports across the United States on Thursday as another round of severe weather impacted much of the country.Seven tornado reports have occurred so far, with four in Oklahoma, two in Texas and one in Michigan.The most significant tornado was the one that moved through Perryton, Texas and led to at least three fatalities.

CANADA’S 2023 WILDFIRE SEASON was the most destructive ever recorded. By the end of the year, more than 6,000 fires had torched a staggering 15 million hectares of land. To put that in perspective, that’s an area larger than England and more than double the 1989 record. Normally, an average of 2.5 million hectares of land are consumed in Canada every year. And unlike previous years, the fires this year were widespread, from the West Coast to the Atlantic provinces, and the North. By mid-July, there were 29 mega-fires, each exceeding 100,000 hectares.

Nov 25 2023 – G-2 CLASS STORM & STRONG AURORAS

Nov 25-27 2023 – CRIMEA WINTER STORM – Over 400,000 people in Crimea left without power after hurricane force winds and heavy rains battered the peninsula over the weekend with wind speeds of over 140 kilometres per hour The dolphin pens in Sevastopol harbor are gone as a result. They may have been sunk or washed away. It is plausible that some or all of the trained dolphins have been freed.

Dec 2 2023 – G-3 STORM AND CIRCUMPOLAR AURORAS

Dec 2 2023 – EUROPEAN BLIZZARD — All flights were grounded at Munich’s airport Saturday after a winter storm dumped snow across southern Germany and parts of Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, affecting travel across the region.