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Coronal hole faces Earth

No signs of a shock passage yet. It might be too early to write it off as a total miss as the low energy protons measured by EPAM remain elevated but it remains very doubtful we will see much of a shock passage.

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Shock passage possible: NOAA G2 watch

The NOAA SWPC issued a moderate G2 geomagnetic storm watch for today as they believe that a shock passage from the M2.3 solar flare might be possible.

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