<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><a href="https://www.spaceweather.com" class=""><font size="4" class="">https://www.spaceweather.com</font></a></div><font size="4" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div>This morning's X1-class solar flare hurled a bright CME toward Earth. </span><a href="https://www.spaceweather.com/images2024/23mar24/nasamodel_earth.gif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">NASA</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> and </span><a href="https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa-enlil-solar-wind-prediction" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">NOAA models</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> agree that the storm cloud should reach our planet by the early hours of March 25th. A direct hit could spark strong </span><a href="https://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/g3.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">G3</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">-class geomagnetic storms with mid-latitude auroras in the USA and Europe.</span></font></body></html>