An Earth-Directed Storm Hits with a Fast Wind Chaser & Radio Noise | Space Weather News 03 July 2025

Our Sun continues creating some gorgeous art this week, launching simultaneous filament eruptions off the Sun’s west limb. Although those are not Earth-directed, we are being hit by a mini solar storm now with minor effects thus far. We also will get some fast wind as a chaser over the next few days, but again, the impacts might be a bit underwhelming. We will be lucky to reach G1 storm levels, if at all. Aurora photographers at higher latitudes might get a bit of a show (especially in the southern hemisphere), but aurora photographers at mid-latitudes need to be savvy in how to catch substorm brightenings if they plan to chase. In addition, amateur radio operators will hear noise increasing on the dayside radio bands, but luckily, the risk for radio blackouts will continue to remain low. This is due to several regions on the Sun’s farside that are rotating into Earth-view., but thus far their activity levels remain low. Learn the details of the storm hitting now and the fast solar wind to come, watch the gorgeous dual filament eruptions over the Sun’s west limb and find out what else our Sun has in store.