Examples of geomagnetic storm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Just 17 hours later, Earth experienced the largest geomagnetic storm ever recorded, and the worldwide reports of its effects are now legendary. — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, "Ask Ethan: How Prepared Are We For The Next Giant Solar Flare?," 26 Feb. 2021 Caused by a geomagnetic storm that is the result of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), or solar flare, the Northern Lights could be visible across a number of northerly states. — James Rogers, Fox News, "Northern Lights set to thrill US skywatchers," 10 Dec. 2020 The alignment should prompt a moderate geomagnetic storm, which makes the northern lights visible in parts of the country where they’re not usually seen. — Katherine Rosenberg-douglas, chicagotribune.com, "It will be a soggy, possibly snowy weekend in Chicago. But first, there’s an opportunity to see the northern lights in northern Illinois.," 9 Dec. 2020 This week, the Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced G1 and G2 geomagnetic storm watches for Sept. 27 through Sept. 29. — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, "The Northern Lights May Be Visible Over Parts of the U.S. Tonight — Here's How to Spot Them," 28 Sep. 2020 The Kp range is zero to nine, with zero being weak and nine being a full-on geomagnetic storm—the number aurora hunters fantasize about. — Stephanie Vermillion, National Geographic, "Here’s how to see auroras—from the Great Lakes," 4 Aug. 2020 Such events—called geomagnetic storms—have the potential to disable spacecraft orbiting the earth, as well as overwhelm basic infrastructures of our daily life, such as electrical grids and communications systems. — Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, "Fifty Things We’ve Learned About the Earth Since the First Earth Day," 22 Apr. 2020 Historical measurements of geomagnetic storms are not easy. — Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American, "New Studies Warn of Cataclysmic Solar Superstorms," 24 Sep. 2019 Some lucky portions of the northern U.S. will get to witness the Northern Lights this weekend, a result of a coming geomagnetic storm. — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, "How to See the Northern Lights This Weekend," 30 Aug. 2019

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