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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
***A full-halo CME is heading directly for Earth. ETA: March 13th... ***

Go Go Go earth's magnetosphere! Hopefully not an attendant EMP! {There would go my $8k+ solar system!}

1,785 posted on 03/11/2022 2:08:56 PM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: Bob Ireland

spaceweather.com said it may glance us. Not a direct hit.

-SB


1,788 posted on 03/11/2022 2:19:53 PM PST by Snowybear ( )
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To: Bob Ireland; meyer; numberonepal
Bob; Solar flare. Here is updated info. Space weather say it will not be a problem and I am going to go with that. Plenty of other stuff to worry about.

https://spaceweather.com/

M-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: Earth orbiting satellites have just detected an M2-class solar flare from sunspot AR2964: movie. A pulse of X-rays ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere, causing a brief shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean. This flare is not expected to produce a significant CME. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text.

GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH (CATEGORY G2): A full-halo CME is heading directly for Earth. ETA: late on March 13th. Coronagraphs onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) recorded the storm cloud leaving the sun earlier today: (This picture not included...to view go to link)

A new model of the CME from NASA pinpoints the arrival time around 1800 UT on March 13th. In this animation, the yellow dot is Earth:

Note: The bright "star" at the lower right of the sun is Jupiter.

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 after the CME arrives. During such storms, naked-eye auroras may appear in northern-tier US states from Maine to Washington. Power grids and satellites will experience little to no effect, however.

1,849 posted on 03/11/2022 5:31:20 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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