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Sky on Fire Tonight: Giant ‘Solar Canyon’ Aims 800‑km/s Wind at Earth—Northern Lights Could Ignite 15 U.S. States & Test Global Tech

Northern Lights Alert: Major Solar Storm Could Ignite Stunning Aurora Displays Across North America

What’s Causing the Aurora Spectacle? The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) occur when bursts of solar plasma slam into Earth’s magnetic field and excite atmospheric gases. In this case, four CMEs from an active sunspot region are en route to our planet. Space weather forecasters describe it as a “train of solar storms” headed our wayspace.com. As NOAA explains, when the Sun “burps out huge bubbles of electrified gas” (a CME), those particles stream toward Earth and interact with atoms in the upper atmosphere, creating beautiful displays of lightourmidland.com. NASA casually calls this phenomenon a solar “sun burp” – when the
16 October 2025
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Nor’easter on Steroids: Coastal Chaos as Storm Knocks Out Power, Flooding Threatens Millions

Nor’easter on Steroids: Coastal Chaos as Storm Knocks Out Power, Flooding Threatens Millions

National Flood Watch: From Carolinas to New England Meteorologists traced the storm’s origins to a low-pressure system off the southeast U.S. coast that intensified as it drifted north. By Sunday afternoon it was dragging an Atlantic feeder band up into New England, prompting flood and wind advisories in many states. The Weather Channel and ABC News reported 1–3 inches of rain inland (with 4+ inches along the coast) and noted “significant coastal flooding, along with significant beach erosion and high surf” from Virginia through Long Island abcnews.go.com. Overnight Sunday, moderate coastal flooding struck parts of North Carolina and New Jersey
13 October 2025
Category 4 Hurricane Erin Churns Off East Coast – Live Tracking, Forecast Path & Expert Warnings

Two Hurricanes Locked in a Rare ‘Fujiwhara’ Dance: Will Imelda Strike or Spiral Away?

Tropical Depression Nine (Imelda) – A Southeast Threat A tropical disturbance over Cuba and the Bahamas organized into Tropical Depression Nine on Sept. 27. By late Sunday it should become Tropical Storm Imelda 6abc.com. At 8 a.m. ET Sunday it was centered about 285 miles north-west of eastern Cuba and 100 miles WSW of the central Bahamas, moving NNW at 7 mph with 35 mph winds 6abc.com. The National Hurricane Center expects gradual strengthening: Imelda should track north through the Bahamas and then parallel the Florida coast over the weekend abcnews.go.com accuweather.com. A tropical storm watch is already in effect along the
28 September 2025
Humberto Explodes Into a Hurricane: See the Track, Who’s at Risk This Weekend, and the Wild ‘Storm Dance’ That Could Change Everything

Humberto Explodes Into a Hurricane: See the Track, Who’s at Risk This Weekend, and the Wild ‘Storm Dance’ That Could Change Everything

Updated: 26 September 2025 — data current to 09:00 UTC (5:00 a.m. AST) The forecast at a glance Where is Humberto now?As of 09:00 UTC (5:00 a.m. AST) Fri, Sep 26, Hurricane Humberto was centered near 22.2° N, 57.3° W—about 465 miles (750 km) NE of the northern Leeward Islands—with 75 mph sustained winds and a 990 mb minimum pressure. Motion is NW ~3 mph. No coastal watches/warnings are in effect. National Hurricane Center How strong will it get, and where is it headed?NHC’s official track intensifies Humberto steadily, reaching Cat 3 by Sunday, then peaking near 115 kt (Category 4) late Sunday into Monday while it tracks NW then N
26 September 2025
Quantum Tech Frenzy: IBM & AMD’s Bold Alliance, DARPA’s $24M Bet, and Breakthroughs from Genomics to Weather

Quantum Tech Frenzy: IBM & AMD’s Bold Alliance, DARPA’s $24M Bet, and Breakthroughs from Genomics to Weather

Key Facts IBM & AMD Unite for Quantum‑Centric Supercomputing IBM and AMD have entered a groundbreaking collaboration to merge quantum computing with classical high-performance computing (HPC) and AI systems. Announced on Aug. 26 and reverberating through the tech world by Aug. 27, the partnership establishes a roadmap for “quantum-centric” supercomputing architectures. IBM’s state-of-the-art quantum processors and software will be tightly integrated with AMD’s portfolio of HPC CPUs, GPUs, and adaptive FPGAs newsroom.ibm.com newsroom.ibm.com. The goal is to create hybrid systems where quantum co-processors tackle problems like molecular simulation, while classical AI supercomputers handle massive data analytics – working in tandem
28 August 2025
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Category 4 Hurricane Erin Churns Off East Coast – Live Tracking, Forecast Path & Expert Warnings

Category 4 Hurricane Erin Churns Off East Coast – Live Tracking, Forecast Path & Expert Warnings

Erin is a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds near 130 mph as of Aug. 18, 2025. The NHC placed Erin’s center near 24.1°N, 71.5°W, about 695 miles southwest of Bermuda. Hurricane-force winds extend about 80 miles from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds reach up to 230 miles. Forecast models indicate Erin will recur north between Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast, stay offshore, turn north on Tuesday, and accelerate northeast into the open Atlantic. Erin reached Category 5 on Aug. 16, 2025, with peak winds near 160 mph, in just over 27 hours from tropical-storm strength, making it the
19 August 2025
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Sky on Fire Tonight: Giant ‘Solar Canyon’ Aims 800‑km/s Wind at Earth—Northern Lights Could Ignite 15 U.S. States & Test Global Tech

Northern Lights Alert: Auroras Could Dance Across 14 States Tonight – When & Where to Watch

On August 19, 2025, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center forecast a minor geomagnetic storm (G1) that could make the Northern Lights visible across 14+ U.S. states. Areas fully or partially within tonight’s aurora visibility zone include Alaska; Washington; Idaho; Montana; North Dakota; South Dakota; Minnesota; Wisconsin; Michigan; Maine; Vermont; New Hampshire; New York; Iowa; and northern Wyoming and Illinois. The best viewing window runs from about 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. local time, with geomagnetic activity peaking around midnight to early morning. The SWPC forecast projects a Kp index up to Kp 5 (G1), indicating auroras could reach the northern
19 August 2025
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Hurricane Erin Intensifies as High-Tech Tools – from AI to Drones – Track Its Every Move

Hurricane Erin Intensifies as High-Tech Tools – from AI to Drones – Track Its Every Move

Erin formed in the Atlantic in mid-August 2025 and is the first hurricane of the season. As of August 15, 2025, Erin is a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds near 75 mph and a central pressure around 993 mb, located hundreds of miles east of the northern Leeward Islands and moving west-northwest at about 17–18 mph. Forecasters expect Erin to rapidly intensify to a major hurricane (Category 3+) by the weekend and possibly reach Category 4 (130+ mph) by early next week. The forecast track shows Erin curving north, passing just north of the Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and
15 August 2025
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See Your House from Space? Inside the World of Live Satellite Maps and Weather from Orbit

See Your House from Space? Inside the World of Live Satellite Maps and Weather from Orbit

Google Earth was downloaded over one billion times in its first six years. Google Earth’s Time Machine covers 1984 to 2022 in a 4D interactive map built from millions of satellite photos. The Landsat program began in 1972 and offers a 50+ year global land-surface data record, with Landsat 8 and 9 providing 30-meter resolution imagery. Sentinel-2A and 2B image the entire Earth’s land every 5 days at 10-meter resolution (20 meters for some infrared bands). Maxar’s WorldView-3 and WorldView-4 offer 30-centimeter imagery, and the upcoming WorldView Legion aims for up to 15 revisits per day at 30 cm. Planet
28 July 2025
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SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

The USSF-178 task order is an $81.6 million NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 award to SpaceX to launch WSF-M2 on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SFB in the first half of FY2027, including a BLAZE-2 rideshare. This award marks SpaceX’s third consecutive Lane 1 win under NSSL Phase 3, following two earlier Lane 1 awards totaling $733.5 million for SDA and NRO missions. WSF-M2 is the second Ball Aerospace–built microwave weather satellite, following WSF-M1 (USSF-62) which flew on a Falcon 9 on 11 April 2024, with Ball renamed to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems after the 2024 acquisition. Each
29 June 2025
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Sky‑Spectacle Alert: Rare Northern Lights Could Paint U.S. Skies Tonight—Here’s the Science, the Map and the Expert Warnings You Need

Sky‑Spectacle Alert: Rare Northern Lights Could Paint U.S. Skies Tonight—Here’s the Science, the Map and the Expert Warnings You Need

A coronal-hole high-speed stream traveling at about 750 km/s is slamming Earth’s magnetosphere and has prompted NOAA to issue a G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic-storm watch for 24–25 June 2025. The storm could push aurora visibility as far south as Illinois, Ohio, and New York on the night of 24–25 June 2025. The disturbance already produced vivid green and magenta curtains seen from Texas to Alberta earlier this month. NOAA SWPC reported K-index values of 4 late Monday, indicating active conditions likely to produce auroras in the northern tier of the United States. Updated view-line maps show the aurora oval dipping into
24 June 2025
Sky Watchers: The 2025–2033 Boom in Weather & Climate Satellite Constellations

Sky Watchers: The 2025–2033 Boom in Weather & Climate Satellite Constellations

Over 5,400 Earth observation satellites are projected to be launched globally from 2024 to 2033, nearly triple the previous decade. NOAA’s GeoXO program will deploy at least three geostationary satellites (with options up to four more) to upgrade GOES-R and extend Western Hemisphere coverage, following a $2.27 billion contract awarded to Lockheed Martin in 2024. NOAA/NASA plan JPSS-3 for 2027 and JPSS-4 for 2032 to provide critical morning-orbit polar data for numerical weather models. Europe’s MTG and MetOp-SG programs will deliver six MTG satellites (four MTG-I imagers and two MTG-S sounders) and the MetOp-SG A1/B1 pair by 2025, with MTG
21 June 2025
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Sky Spies: The Ultimate Guide to Weather Satellites Tracking Storms, Saving Lives, and Monitoring Climate

Sky Spies: The Ultimate Guide to Weather Satellites Tracking Storms, Saving Lives, and Monitoring Climate

TIROS-1, launched by NASA on April 1, 1960, weighed about 120 kg and transmitted over 19,000 cloud images in 78 days, proving the concept of space-based weather observation. GOES-16 (GOES-East), launched in 2016 as part of the GOES-R series, delivers 0.5 km resolution imagery across 16 spectral bands and can scan as often as 30 seconds, and it carries the Geostationary Lightning Mapper. Meteosat-1, launched in 1977, was Europe’s first geostationary meteorological satellite at 0° longitude and introduced a water vapor channel for moisture tracking. Japan’s Himawari-8 (2014) and Himawari-9 (2016) operate at 140°E, providing high-resolution full-disk imagery every 10
19 June 2025
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Stock Market Today

Energy stocks set for a geopolitical week after Iran warning and oil rebound

Energy stocks set for a geopolitical week after Iran warning and oil rebound

7 February 2026
U.S. energy stocks rose Friday, with the S&P 500 energy sector up 1.88% and Exxon Mobil gaining 2.03%. Brent crude settled at $68.05 a barrel after Iran threatened U.S. bases if attacked. Saudi Aramco cut March Arab Light crude prices to a five-year low for Asia. Kazakhstan’s CPC Blend exports may drop 35% this month due to Tengiz oilfield disruptions.
Financial services stocks rally as XLF jumps, Dow hits 50,000 — what to watch next week

Financial services stocks rally as XLF jumps, Dow hits 50,000 — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
U.S. financial stocks rose Friday, with the XLF fund up 1.8% and the Dow closing above 50,000 for the first time, gaining 2.47%. Goldman Sachs jumped 4.3%, JPMorgan 3.9%, and Citigroup 6.0%. The Federal Reserve held rates steady, and San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly signaled possible cuts this year. Investors await January jobs and inflation data next week.
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