Solar Weather Forecast

Sunburned_Surveyor · Post by **Sunburned_Surveyor** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:51 am

I've had GPS data barbequed on a couple different days this last month. (I know we are near the peak of the solar activity cycle.) My old boss gave me this link to a solar weather forecast...but it is only a few hours ahead:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_3d.html
Does anyone have a source for a solar weather forecast that reaches a couple of days ahead?

Of course, for all I know about the sun...a longer forecast may not even be possible.

Thanks for any suggestions or information.

Landon

Warren Smith · Post by **Warren Smith** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:34 pm

That's why you're called Sunburned [data] Surveyor!

Lee Hixson · Post by **Lee Hixson** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:20 pm

The solar activity during this maximum has been unusually low. I've monitored levels every morning for over 2 years. On a scale of 1-5 I don't recall anything above an occasional 1 or 2 over the past 9 months (not high enough to cause trouble). Before grabbing your GPS gear in the morning go to:

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html

There's another site that sometimes gives a prediction up to 4 days in advance but it's only when there's been a major CME. It takes a big CME from 2-4 days to reach us. Check this site out every morning to see if they predict anything:

http://spaceweather.com/