The worst-case scenario would be what happened during the 1859 Carrington event - but our modern-day society could see widespread electrical disruptions, blackouts and damage to critical infrastructure.
Data about what is in store for our planet will likely be captured around 8 pm ET when the explosions of plasma racing through space will be one million miles from our planet - and NOAA plans to issue alerts immediately.
'We anticipate we will get one shock after another. We are really buckling down here,' Clinton Wallace, director of NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), said during the Friday media briefing.
'We are a little concerned because we have not seen this in a long time, [which is why] we thought it warranted special attention,' said Dahl.
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