Exploring how solar activity influences extreme terrestrial weather
The CloudWire Solar Weather Impact Model (CSWIM) is an enhancement to traditional weather forecasting. It integrates solar-terrestrial dynamics such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), solar wind, and geomagnetic storms into atmospheric risk assessment. CSWIM is supported by two companion theories:
Solar storms inject energy into Earth’s magnetosphere, altering atmospheric circulation.
Stored solar energy releases into the atmosphere, expressed as lightning and storms.
Earth’s atmosphere stores charge during solar events and discharges it days later, explaining storm lags.
Control Cases: Hurricane Ian (2022), Polar Vortex events.
CSWIM has been validated against ten case studies. Findings show strong support for solar–lightning coupling and hurricane intensification links, emerging evidence for lagged storm responses, and novel contributions such as the capacitor analogy and cyclone seeding.
CSWIM is a developing theoretical framework. Future work will test the model with additional case studies, refine its predictive capacity, and integrate real-time solar-terrestrial monitoring. Researchers and meteorologists are invited to collaborate.
Explore monthly and annual CSWIM correlations between solar activity and terrestrial weather since the year 2000. This archive includes raw data, visual reports, and yearly summaries.
Master Download: 📂 CSWIM Full Archive (CSV)