Michael Gavan
EF2
From spaceweather.com:
X2-FLARE AND RADIO BLACKOUT: Sunspot AR2297 has just unleashed a strong Earth-directed solar flare (March 11 @ 16:22 UT). Extreme UV radiation from the blast, which measured X2 on the Richter Scale of Flares, is causing HF radio fade-outs and other propagation effects on the dayside of Earth, primarily over the Americas: map. Meanwhile, natural radio emissions from the sun suggest that a CME might be emerging from the blast site at speeds exceeding 1,400 km/s (3.1 million mph). Stay tuned for updates.
Those of you that follow northern lights around, a 1400 km/s Earth Directed CME is very significant, especially with the generally weak solar cycle and overall bad luck we've been having. Northern Lights very possible in the next 36-60 hours.
X2-FLARE AND RADIO BLACKOUT: Sunspot AR2297 has just unleashed a strong Earth-directed solar flare (March 11 @ 16:22 UT). Extreme UV radiation from the blast, which measured X2 on the Richter Scale of Flares, is causing HF radio fade-outs and other propagation effects on the dayside of Earth, primarily over the Americas: map. Meanwhile, natural radio emissions from the sun suggest that a CME might be emerging from the blast site at speeds exceeding 1,400 km/s (3.1 million mph). Stay tuned for updates.
Those of you that follow northern lights around, a 1400 km/s Earth Directed CME is very significant, especially with the generally weak solar cycle and overall bad luck we've been having. Northern Lights very possible in the next 36-60 hours.