Update: 5:25pm Eastern Time – Spaceweather Update

Solar Notes: The sunspots we’ve seen are now all on the exit, and looking weaker. Next grouping incoming on the limb now:
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Earthquake Condition Index B+ to B-. The conditions are ripe, especially with the geomagnetic storm waning (remember that seismicity actually goes DOWN during the storm) but with the coronal fields snapping shut our #1 factor is temporarily on hold. If this remains we will not have as elevated of an index until the next coronal hole.