Teams at the Space Weather Prediction Center utilize a variety of data sources to forecast when geomagnetic storms will impact Earth. These storms, like the one currently occurring and expected to persist into the weekend, can have significant effects on our planet.
Ground and space-based observatories play a crucial role in collecting data for these predictions. Additionally, magnetic maps of the solar surface and ultraviolet observations of the sun's outer atmosphere are analyzed to determine when the sun is likely to emit solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and other space weather phenomena that could potentially affect Earth.
