Massive Solar Flare Explodes from Sun; Radio Black-Outs Today, Geomagnetic Storm in Coming Days

WeatherBoy ^ | 2/22/24 | WeatherBoy

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A massive solar flare exploded from the sun today, the largest of three X-class flares that have impacted Earth in the last 24 hours, and the most intense flare of the current solar cycle. Due to this event, there are significant high-frequency radio black-outs today and it is likely geomagnetic storm conditions will be likely around Earth in the coming days.

This most recent X class flare is rated as a X 6.3. It generated an R3 radio blackout, which is considered “strong” on a 5-point scale, where R1 is “minor” with weak or minor degradation of HF radio communications and navigation signals while 5 is “extreme” with a complete radio blackout on the entire sunlit side of the Earth lasting for a number of hours; such an event would also knock navigation systems off-line, which could lose to loss of positioning, especially by boats and planes.

According to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), a flare is an eruption of energy from the Sun that generally lasts minutes to hours.

“Flares of this magnitude are not frequent,” the SWPC said in an announcement about a prior X-class flare event in December.

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