[Larry - Moe and Curly]

“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

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Update to Anon report from:

Space Weather.com

"A CME PASSED BY EARTH YESTERDAY: During the late hours of March 10th, a CME passed by Earth. The near miss sparked auroras in northern Europe bright enough to see through city lights. Another CME is coming, but it won't miss. Details below. Aurora alerts: SMS Text."

THE NEXT CME WON'T MISS: A full-halo CME is heading directly for Earth. ETA: March 13th. Coronagraphs onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory recorded the storm cloud leaving the sun just hours ago:

This CME is the result of a long duration C2-class solar flare near sunspot AR2962. Normally, C-class flares are not considered to be strong. However, this one lasted nearly 12 hours, allowing it to pump plenty of energy into the CME.

Moderately-strong G2-class geomagnetic storms are possible when the CME arrives. NOAA analysts are modeling this CME now, and improved predictions may be available soon. Stay tuned. Aurora alerts: SMS Text.

Fellow wonderers; The bright spot at about 3 O'Clock is Saturn and some light distortion!
(No, not an approaching starship!)

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

LMC; That was a good video!

Some electrical disruptions, but not Carrington level; If clear weather good possibility of aurora at higher latitudes. Worth monitoring.

[numberonepal]

Thanks for the extra info on the CME!