Space Weather Message Code: ALTK04
Serial Number: 2008
Issue Time: 2017 Oct 02 0600 UTC
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 4
Threshold Reached: 2017 Oct 02 0559 UTC
Synoptic Period: 0300-0600 UTC
Active Warning: Yes
NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at
www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation
Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 65 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude.
Induced Currents – Weak power grid fluctuations can occur.
Aurora – Aurora may be visible at high latitudes such as Canada and Alaska.
Ronald Malvin
02 10 2017
my gps and interfaced autopilot went bananas for about 45 min. 10/01/2017 15:00 ET within two miles from 41° 16.286′ N / 072° 28.258′ W’.
Can you tell me if there occurred a geomagnetic disturbance at that time that may have been the cause.
Thank you.