Coronal mass ejection arrival

Tuesday, 19 January 2016 01:31 UTC

More about that eruption can be read here.

The CME from the filament eruption from last week has just arrived at Earth. Follow live on https://t.co/XHATH0OOfT pic.twitter.com/tCDfvV4DAl

— SpaceWeatherLive (@_SpaceWeather_) 18 januari 2016

The solar wind speed increased from 300 to 370km/s when the shock passed ACE and the IMF slowly turned into a prelonged negative (southward) orination averaging out at about -6nT. At the time of writing, the observed Wing-Kp index hasn't increased beyond -3 but the NOAA SWPC did report that the Kp4 threshold (active geomagnetic conditions) has been reached. Active geomagnetic conditions (Kp4) remains possible in the hours ahead if the direction of the IMF (Bz) continues to be southward. Sky watchers near the US-Canadian border should be alert for auroral displays in the hours ahead.