Solar Event

It looks like the 7/27 CME missed us, according to the Solar Wind chart which says we held a steady ~280 km/sec Solar Wind Speed all day today and the fact our HP Index seldom reached HP = 1.0. NOAA’s still expecting the 7/30 CME […]

Something powerful from the Sun has now reached Earth. A stream of high-energy protons is pouring into Earth’s atmosphere after a long-duration solar eruption, triggering an active solar radiation storm. This isn’t a major event for people on the ground, but it is already strong […]

Today was a bit jostled by a 6 hour long M1.9 Solar Flare that began around 11.00a CDT and ended around 5.00p CDT. It was from an Exiting Sun Spot and it deposited a significant number of electrons and protons for the duration, raising our […]

Today was a fairly calm day with only C Class Solar Flares and Solar Wind Speeds below 400 km/sec. The CME in the CME+CH HSS mix that’s currently surrounding our Earth wasn’t strong enough to carry off many electrons, so Electron saturation rose above its […]

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!