MeteoStorms
Editorial & AI policy

Editorial standards & AI-use policy

How MeteoStorms researches, writes and reviews its space-weather content — and exactly where and how we use AI. We aim to be accurate, useful and honest about our methods.

How our articles are made

Space-weather data comes from NOAA SWPC, the planetary Kp index from GFZ Potsdam, and solar-event context from NASA DONKI. Weather data comes from MET Norway. We identify the source alongside the relevant view.

For new articles, publication requires a recorded human-review step covering the underlying data, tone and clarity. Older items may predate this workflow; when we find a mismatch, we correct it.

How we use AI

We use AI to help draft and translate articles from the underlying space-weather data, and to create illustrations. The canonical article is reviewed before publication; on-demand translations are AI-assisted and may appear without a separate language-specific review.

AI can assist with a draft, translation or illustration, but it is not a source of facts. Our current workflow requires recorded human review before a new article is published; older items may predate that workflow. AI-assisted copy is disclosed and AI-generated illustrations are labelled.

Our standards

Whoever — or whatever — writes the first draft, every article follows the same rules:

  • No scare headlines and no alarmism — we report conditions calmly and in context.
  • No medical claims or diagnoses; wellbeing effects are described as possible correlations, not certainties.
  • Times and data are given in UTC and dated, so you know how fresh they are.
  • New articles record human review before publication and disclose AI assistance; older items may predate the recorded workflow.

Accuracy & corrections

We work hard to get things right, but mistakes can happen. If you spot an error in any article — a wrong number, an outdated forecast or a confusing explanation — please tell us and we will review and correct it promptly. Write to webmaster@meteostorms.com

Where our data comes from

Every figure on MeteoStorms traces back to an official, openly published source. We do not produce space-weather measurements ourselves — we read, translate and explain them.

NOAA SWPC The US Space Weather Prediction Center — official Kp index, solar-wind readings and the G1–G5 storm scale. GFZ Potsdam Helmholtz Centre Potsdam — keeper of the definitive planetary Kp index. NASA CCMC NASA CCMC DONKI — near-real-time analyses, model outputs and notifications about solar and space-weather events. MET Norway Norwegian Meteorological Institute — location-based weather forecasts used for pressure, temperature, wind, humidity and clouds.

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