Exciting but could be scary also!
So this could happen tomorrow morning to midday.
Will we see anything or feel anything? Or is it one of those deals where you can't look near the sun? Not sure what to expect if anything.
You wont see anything as it happens during the day. The main thing we'll see are the northern lights tomorrow night, assuming it has hit us by then and we're still in it. (Last month we had a smaller geomagnetic storm produce northern lights, but it arrived 24 hours later than expected, so I don't think their timing prediction is very good.)
I think the biggest issue with this kind of stuff has to do with our power grid as well as satellite signals. There are things in place to help protect our power grids, but there's always potential for small blackouts. But with this expected to be no bigger than the May event, I assume nothing significant will happen. They did say this is only the second G4 warning they've put out in 20 years. The other was in May. They also said it's uncommon for two G4 storms in one solar cycle, and mentioned that our last solar cycle peak had none.
I'm excited, but also ready for a let down because you just never know. I think we're expecting clouds to roll in early Friday morning so that could be an issue for me.
The only other visual thing is if you have eclipse glasses you can see the large sunspot that caused this. I took this photo earlier today.
