{"id":27427,"date":"2017-08-05T07:14:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T11:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27427"},"modified":"2017-08-05T07:14:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T11:14:44","slug":"space-weather-woman-check-out-dr-tamitha-skovs-forecasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/space-weather-woman-check-out-dr-tamitha-skovs-forecasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Weather Woman: Check out Dr. Tamitha Skov&#8217;s forecasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SpaceWeatherWoman-header-e1501931180189.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27431\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SpaceWeatherWoman-header-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Eric McFadden (WD8RIF), who recently shared one of Tamitha Skov&#8217;s space weather forecast videos.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few years, I&#8217;ve watched Dr. Skov&#8217;s weekly video forecasts to better understand the implications of incoming CMEs, solar winds, sun spots (or lack thereof) and geomagnetic storms. While her videos include a lot of technical details, they&#8217;re also <em>much<\/em> easier to understand than the typical propagation forecast. Plus, her videos they&#8217;re chock-full of solar imagery and animations.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, for example, we&#8217;re going to experience some disruptions to HF propagation. Yesterday, solar wind speed soared to 704&#8211;and at time of publishing this post it&#8217;s 721 km\/sec (thanks for noting, Mike!).<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Skov explains it all in her latest space weather video:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mwtAQHwF_bc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mwtAQHwF_bc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCkXjdDQ-db0xz8f4PKgKsag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view and subscribe to Tamitha Skov&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceweatherwoman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to check out her website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Eric McFadden (WD8RIF), who recently shared one of Tamitha Skov&#8217;s space weather forecast videos. Over the past few years, I&#8217;ve watched Dr. Skov&#8217;s weekly video forecasts to better understand the implications of incoming CMEs, solar winds, sun spots (or lack thereof) and geomagnetic storms. While her videos include a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,810],"tags":[809,2887,1126,4107,6395,6394,2888],"class_list":["post-27427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-space-weather","tag-cme","tag-eric-mcfadden","tag-solar-flares","tag-space-weather","tag-space-weather-woman","tag-tamitha-skov","tag-wd8rif"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-78n","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41488,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/tamitha-skov-an-earth-directed-solar-storm-a-holy-grail\/","url_meta":{"origin":27427,"position":0},"title":"Tamitha Skov: &#8220;An Earth-Directed Solar Storm &#038; A Holy Grail&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"January 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Hansgen (K8RAT), who shares Tamitha Skov's latest space weather forecast video: https:\/\/youtu.be\/HKqDr7GKcxQ Click here to view on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/parker-solar-probe-artist.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/parker-solar-probe-artist.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/parker-solar-probe-artist.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/parker-solar-probe-artist.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42403,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/first-long-duration-flare-of-solar-cycle-25\/","url_meta":{"origin":27427,"position":1},"title":"First long-duration flare of Solar Cycle 25","author":"Thomas","date":"March 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Mike Hansgen (K8RAT), who shares Tamitha Skov\u2019s latest space weather forecast video: https:\/\/youtu.be\/oNfOxlROKko","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AR-2758-magnetogram-1024x640.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AR-2758-magnetogram-1024x640.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AR-2758-magnetogram-1024x640.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28182,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/hf-radio-blackouts-in-wake-of-solar-flares\/","url_meta":{"origin":27427,"position":2},"title":"HF Radio blackouts in wake of solar flares","author":"Thomas","date":"September 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: ARRL via Mike Terry) NOAA\u2019s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has issued a strong (G3) geomagnetic storm watch for September 7 through September 9. 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