(Episode 10)

Episode overview: Translating the weather above the weather

Space weather never shows up on radar and never trips a lightning ring, yet it can affect aircraft across an entire hemisphere at once. Flares, radiation storms, and geomagnetic storms can degrade HF radio, GPS, and satellite communication, and raise radiation exposure on polar and high-latitude routes.

In this episode, Jill Ruddon-Benedum and Colin Toenjes explain how The Weather Company translates Space Weather Prediction Center alerts into aviation-specific impacts, and share when a bulletin becomes a phone call. They also take a frank look at a young science, from alert fatigue to debated radiation thresholds, and why clear communication matters most when the science is still catching up.

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