Correlation plots of the CME maximum velocity v_max derived from CDAW SOHO/LASCO C2 and C3 measurements against (a) the magnetic dimming area A_ϕ and (b) the magnetic dimming area growth rate ${\dot{A}}_{\varphi }$. Blue crosses represent dimmings from the May 2024 events, while grey crosses correspond to dimming events from Dissauer et al. (2019). Panel (c) shows the maximum CME velocities for events adapted from Dissauer et al. (2019) derived from STEREO EUVI+COR1+COR2 measurements. The black (blue) regression lines are fitted exclusively to the grey (blue) data points.