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NOAA G2 watch, April Fools

There is a lot of hype at the moment as the NOAA SWPC issued a watch for possible moderate G2 geomagnetic storming conditions today. This is in response to a coronal hole solar wind stream that is supposed to arrive at Earth today. The solar wind density is currently rising so we might be seeing the first effects of this stream right now.

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