One of our own #wawx members is recovering from a pretty bad bout of Covid. He's been in the community for a decade plus now, I've talked with him on Twitter since I joined the platform.
If any of you guys have an acct over there, go and wish him a speedy further recovery.
Hey all, I'm officially new to this forum but I've lurked around here every once in a few days since December 2021 to follow on the snow forecasts, and ever since I just generally lurked to follow the weather while learning things bit by bit.
I withheld on making an account because I don't have anything to contribute, I believe, and I wasn't sure how a newbie or an outsider would be treated. I have a very vague sense on how to read GFS or ECMWF maps but have no idea how to use them to pred
Indeed. They have actually found events so extreme that they are captured in tree ring data. Those would probably fry everything and put us back to the stone age.
Another thing to remember is past history tells us it's highly unlikely the sunspot will be as strong when it reemerges. The extreme solar storms are usually a one and done until many years later.
It will happen eventually. A Carrington event barely scratches the surface of what the sun is capable of.
https://www.astronomy.com/science/understanding-just-how-big-solar-flares-can-get/
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