It's big and it is almost certainly headed our way. I just went to the LASCO C3 satellite to see if the CME had a halo pattern, meaning it's aimed at us, and it does, as seen in this cap. The bulk seems to be high, but a lot could be hidden by the occlusion disk.
How big and when will be for the solar wx pros to determine and you can bet they're on this on right now.
Space weather - interesting - the power industry does monitor this, and will issue warnings if it’s over a certain level (or predicted to be so). Thanks for the post - I’ll look into it.
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Numbeone!
A CME IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Later today, March 10th, a coronal mass ejection (CME) will pass close to Earth and might deliver a glancing blow to our planet’s magnetic field. The CME was hurled into space 3 days ago by an erupting filament of magnetism on the sun. Arctic sky watchers should be alert for a possible brightening of auroras when the CME arrives. Aurora alerts: SMS Text.
You can check the current aurora status here:
https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/aurora-forecast-northern-hemisphere.jpg
maybe that’s the 3/11/ event..
Okay, just we we need. Carrington event. Whoopee.
“Big CME event reported by Anons.
It’s big and it is almost certainly headed our way. I just went to the LASCO C3 satellite to see if the CME had a halo pattern, meaning it’s aimed at us, and it does, as seen in this cap.”
Based on the report from Suspicious 0bservers about 7 hours ago, this is a low level Class C. However, it’s a long duration CME which is probably more important than the level.
Not only is this expected to hit earth on Sunday night with more power than a normal C class CME (moderate to strong), it will be followed on Monday with a Coronal Hole stream.
Not expected to be a world ending event by any means, but there will likely be electrical disruptions, geomagnetic storms, enhanced aurora and it will be a test of our weakening magnetic field.
Good video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVc1qsPp1Hc
