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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: X Class Flare in Progress....
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Spaceweaher.com has it as an X 4 but it does not look like it is finished yet or where if it will go up or come down totally yet...at this time no updated stereo images of it available so I am not sure if it's earth directed or not. X-ray Solar Flares 6-hr max: X4 1529 UT Sep14 24-hr: X4 1529 UT Sep14 explanation | more data Updated: Today at: 1540 UT https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ |
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From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: X Class Flare in Progress....
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SIGNIFICANT X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: New sunspot AR3825 erupted again today, producing a very strong X4.5-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash: Click to view a movie of the flare Radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere, resulting in a deep shortwave radio blackout over South America and the mid-Atlantic Ocean: map. Ham radio operators and mariners may have noticed loss of signal at frequencies below 30 MHz for as much as 30 minutes after the flare's peak (1529 UTC). A CME is emerging from the blast site, but it is too soon to say whether it has an Earth-directed component. Stay tuned for updates. |
48453
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: X Class Flare in Progress....
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Thanks, I just went and looked to see if more info was available and so it is. Waiting to see if any Earth directed component info next. I figure more are to come as well from this sunspot. |
48455
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: X Class Flare in Progress....
| for some reason the pic didn't display in my original post... |
48457
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: X Class Flare in Progress....
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another visual... |
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48461
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: X Class Flare in Progress....(strong geo storm prediction)
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STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM PREDICTED: A CME hurled into space by yesterday's X4.5-class solar flare will graze Earth on Sept. 16th, according to a NASA model. NOAA forecasters are predicting a strong G3-class geomagnetic storm when the CME arrives. During G3 storms, auroras can sometimes be seen with the naked eye from mid- latitudes--e.g., as far south as California, Missouri and Colorado in the USA. On Sept. 16th, however, bright moonlight could mitigate the display. |
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