Space weather today
Quiet sun today — nothing to worry about.
Bottom line: Quiet
Live space-weather data is briefly unavailable — showing the most recent reading we have.
The next few days
- SaturdayActiveSaturday looks active — a minor (G1) geomagnetic storm is likely.
- SundayActiveSunday looks active — a minor (G1) geomagnetic storm is likely.
- MondayQuietMonday should stay quiet.
What it means for you
Health
For sensitive bodiesGeomagnetic activity is low, so space weather is unlikely to affect how you feel today.
Mood & mind
Mental & emotionalCalm conditions overhead. If your sleep or mood tracks the sun, this is an easy stretch.
Preppers & radio
Grid, GPS & HF radioRadios, GPS, and the power grid are all operating normally. Nothing to prepare for.
Spiritual
Energy & aurorasA settled, grounded energy from the sun today — a calm backdrop for whatever you have planned.
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For the curious: the raw data
The full instrument panel below is the same live imagery and NOAA readings we've always shown — now tucked under the plain-English summary above.
AIA 304
This channel is especially good at showing areas where cooler dense plumes of plasma (filaments and prominences) are located above the visible surface of the Sun. Many of these features either can't be seen or appear as dark lines in the other channels. The bright areas show places where the plasma has a high density
Where: Upper chromosphere and lower transition region
Wavelength: 304 angstroms (0.0000000304 m) = Extreme Ultraviolet
Primary ions seen: singly ionized helium (He II)
Characteristic temperature: 50,000 K (90,000 F)
| NOAA Scale | Past 24 hrs | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Geomagnetic Storms | G3 | G0 |
| Solar Radiation Storms | S0 | S0 |
| Radio Blackouts | R2 | R0 |
