The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued an extremely rare geomagnetic storm watch warning on Friday.
A coronal mass ejection from an unusually severe solar storm will impact our planet late Friday evening or early Saturday morning and last several days.
Officials say the storm may disrupt GPS, satellite communication technologies, and radio signals.
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Additionally, spectacular auroras are expected to be visible across much of the United States. Here’s what we currently know about the impending solar storm:
The Space Weather Watch issued this cloud forecast to aid interested observers in finding good visibility to watch the auroras:
“We could potentially see the strongest solar storm impact since 2003/2005 as several solar storms launched from several days ago combine before reaching Earth.
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