Big Flares and A Bumpy Ride while the Far Side Blasts | Space Weather Spotlight 19 June 2025

This week our Sun gets busy, especially with big flares, including an X1.27-flare from Region 4114. But despite the active cluster of regions crossing through the Earth strike zone now, there have not been any big Earth-directed solar storms launched. For the most part, the Sun is only firing wispy, narrow structures towards Earth, giving us only a bit of a bumpy ride. Although big flares may still occur, expect them to calm down over the next couple of days as Region 4114 runs out of steam, momentarily. Amateur radio operators should enjoy a brief respite from radio blackouts over the next few days, but there is a chance the active region cluster will get active again as it rotates through a hot longitude near the west limb. Region 4118, which is entering Earth’s view now, also looks like it could be a big flare player, but we will learn more as it rotates further onto the disk over the coming days. Learn the details of the cluster of active regions firing big flares, watch Region 4105 cross through a hot longitude and on the west limb and launch some big storms on the farside, and see what else our Sun has in store.