Today was a calmer day! . It looks like we spent the majority of the day in a mix of residual CH HSS and 7/24 CME Sideswipe. Solar Wind Density stayed below 5.0/cm3 and Solar Wind Speed averaged 400 km/sec today. There were no Geomagnetic […]
. Today was calmer than the past couple of days. We averaged HP = 2.0, and our Solar Wind Speed finally got into the 400 km/sec range this evening. Tomorrow should be similar but with continuing drops in Solar Wind Speed. NOAA’s thinking we may […]
Our Sun is peppering the Earth in solar storms and flares this week. The big focus is Region 4493, which has become a X-flare player and totally reshaped the nearby coronal hole. Right now, some of its initial spunk has leveled off, but it will […]
The new #sunspot region, AR4493, is firing on all cylinders. It produced an impressive 23 #solarflares over the past day, including 2 M (moderate) flares!
There have been a couple of changes over the last 24 hours, so let’s do this report based on those changes: . We’ve still got a large, strong Sun Spot facing Earth and tossing M Class Solar Flares – today it only tossed one M […]
An R1 (minor) radio blackout is possible on the sunlit side of Earth.
A massive stream of high-speed solar wind flowing from the enormous Earth-facing coronal hole is expected to reach our planet over the next 24 hours, increasing the potential for geomagnetic storm activity. If conditions align as the solar wind arrives, Earth’s magnetic field could become […]
A rare anemone active region AR 4493 has developed INSIDE the large coronal hole facing Earth. This has essentially split the coronal hole in two as active regions have large, overarching CLOSED magnetic fields which basically “repel” coronal holes and open magnetic field lines. The […]