Solar storm forecast Marne La Vallée

Space weather today in Marne La Vallée

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G1 minor geomagnetic storm forecast. Aurora in Marne La Vallée: unlikely tonight (Kp 5 forecast; needs about Kp 7 at Marne La Vallée) It is night in Marne La Vallée, so solar-flare radio blackouts (sunlit side only) do not reach it now.

Space weather in Marne La Vallée today

G1 minor geomagnetic storm forecast (NOAA, 2026-11-06 03:27 UTC). The planetary Kp index is 2 now and forecast to peak at Kp 5 in the next 24 hours. NOAA gives a 35% chance of R1–R2 radio blackouts today, 10% for R3 or stronger, and 5% for a solar radiation storm.

Radio: solar flares only black out HF radio on the half of Earth facing the Sun. The Sun is 32° below the horizon in Marne La Vallée now (4:33 am local time). The biggest flare in the past 24 hours was M3.5 at 7:33 pm local time, while Marne La Vallée was on the night side. HF radio can fade at night during strong storms.

GPS and power: GPS is normally unaffected; strong G3+ storms can degrade precision positioning (surveying, farming RTK) for hours. Grid effects need G4–G5 storms here; the last big one was May 2024.

Is there a solar storm today, and does it reach Marne La Vallée, Île-de-France, France? Live NOAA space weather, translated for Marne La Vallée: geomagnetic storms, solar flares and radio blackouts, GPS effects and tonight's aurora chance. Times are local (Europe/Paris).

Geomagnetic storm
none now G1 minor forecast today
Kp now
2 max 5 next 24 h (G1 minor storm)
Radio blackout
none now Marne La Vallée is on the night side
Solar radiation storm
none now NOAA S scale
Kp for aurora at Marne La Vallée
about 7 geomagnetic latitude 50.3° N
Solar wind speed
315 km/s slow, normal
Magnetic field Bz
1 nT north: quiet
Biggest flare, past 24 h
M3.5 Thu 7:33 pm

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Aurora chance tonight in Marne La Vallée

Unlikely tonight (Kp 5 forecast; needs about Kp 7 at Marne La Vallée). At 50.3° N geomagnetic, Marne La Vallée needs about Kp 7 for aurora low on the northern horizon.

At the forecast Kp 5, the aurora's visible edge stays about 326 km north of Marne La Vallée.

Day (UTC)Max KpLevelAurora possible at Marne La Vallée?
2026-11-064.7activeNo
2026-11-075G1 minor stormNo
2026-11-085G1 minor stormNo

NOAA 3-day space weather forecast

Chances that NOAA issues each level somewhere on Earth. Radio blackouts only affect the sunlit side; geomagnetic storms are global but strongest near the poles.

Day (UTC)Radio blackout R1–R2Radio blackout R3+Solar radiation storm S1+Geomagnetic storm
2026-11-0635%10%5%G1 minor
2026-11-0735%10%5%G1 minor
2026-11-0835%10%5%G1 minor

Strongest solar flares this week

C-class and stronger flares from the past 7 days, local time in Marne La Vallée.

  • M3.5 flare peak Thu 7:33 pm, R1 minor radio blackout
  • C5.6 flare peak Fri 3:51 am
  • C2.9 flare peak Thu 10:34 pm
  • C2.5 flare peak Fri 1:24 am
  • C2.2 flare peak Wed 6:34 pm
  • C1.3 flare peak Thu 11:31 pm
  • C1.2 flare peak Thu 11:21 pm
  • C1.2 flare peak Wed 7:54 am
  • C1.1 flare peak Thu 6:00 pm
  • C1.1 flare peak Tue 11:39 pm

What the scales mean

Space weather is the Sun's effect on Earth. NOAA rates it on three 1–5 scales. R (radio blackouts) comes from solar flares: X-rays reach Earth in 8 minutes and disrupt HF radio on the sunlit side for minutes to hours. S (solar radiation storms) comes from energetic protons a few hours later, a hazard for satellites, polar flights and astronauts. G (geomagnetic storms) comes 1–3 days after a coronal mass ejection or a fast solar-wind stream hits the magnetic field: it drives the aurora and can upset GPS, HF radio and power grids.

The Kp index (0–9) measures geomagnetic activity in 3-hour blocks: Kp 5 is a G1 storm, Kp 6 G2, Kp 7 G3, Kp 8 G4 and Kp 9 G5. Flares are classed A, B, C, M and X by peak X-ray brightness, each class ten times the one before; M1 flares cause R1 blackouts and X1 flares R3.

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Data: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, GOES X-ray flux (NOAA), Open-Meteo (cloud cover), GeoNames.