“This is the first time we will get short-term forecasts of what the changes at the surface of the Earth will be. We can tell a power-grid customer not only that it will be a bad day, but give them some heads-up on what exactly they will be facing.”

　　 “这是我们第一次将要给出地球表面将要发生什么变化的短期预报。我们不仅能够告知电力网客户坏天气，还能准确警告他们将面对什么。”

　　  ——美国NOAA借助其最新研制的更为复杂的下一代空间天气预报模式，准备将空间天气预报从1D提升到2D，即给出太阳风暴风险等级的分布。空间天气预报中心首席预报员Bob Rutledge如上解释了新预报产品对供电网安全的意义所在。