A coronal hole is facing our planet today which is sending a high speed solar wind stream towards us which could cause enhanced geomagnetic conditions (and thus aurora!) in the days ahead.
This coronal hole is pretty large and located right at the solar equator which means the solar wind stream will likely have a significant influence on the solar wind environment around our planet. Minor G1 with even a slight chance of moderate G2 geomagnetic storm conditions (Kp5-Kp6) are possible when the CIR (bunched up solar wind structure ahead of the high speed solar wind stream) arrives which will likely occur late on Saturday (13 September) or early on Sunday (14 September). To learn more about coronal holes be sure to check out our help article.
When it comes to solar flares and sunspot regions things are sort of quiet. There are no noteworthy sunspot regions currently on the solar disk really worth mentioning. There is only a low chance (less than 30%) of M-class activity in the next 24 hours.
