Farmers are always concerned about the weather, but now weather in space is increasingly impacting their fieldwork.
A giant and complex sunspot group is seen over the southern hemisphere of the sun in early May 2024. It led to coronal mass ejection of strong magnetic fields blasting from the sun, disrupting GPS for some farmers.
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One of at least seven coronal mass ejections of strong magnetic fields from the sun led to the gannon storm, the name given to the G4-G5 storms of May 10 and 11, 2024.
Freelance writer Amy Hadachek is a two-time Emmy Award winning meteorologist and a storm chaser who earned her NWA and AMS Broadcast Meteorology Seals of Approval. She and her husband live on a diversified farm in Kansas. Reach her at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.
