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. Moderate G2 geomagnetic storm conditions (Kp6) are possible when the CIR (bunched up solar wind structure ahead of the high speed solar wind stream) arrives which will likely occur on Friday (15 May). The NOAA SWPC has also issued a G2 watch for this date. Should be a good aurora show for those in the southern hemisphere or those not plagued by the midnight sun in the nothern hemisphere. 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 of M-class activity in the next 24 hours.
