Earth Weather / Space Weather

Solar Flare!!

Posted by: Susie77, 23:42 GMT le 12 juillet 2012

X-FLARE! Big sunspot AR1520 unleashed an X1.4-class solar flare on July 12th at 1653 UT. Because this sunspot is directly facing Earth, everything about the blast was geoeffective. For one thing, it hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) directly toward our planet. According to a forecast track prepared by analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab, the CME will hit Earth on July 14th around 10:20 UT (+/- 7 hours) and could spark strong geomagnetic storms. Sky watchers should be alert for auroras this weekend.

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1. airman45 05:41 GMT le 13 juillet 2012
Any electrical disruptions expected? Member Since: 2 avril 2007 Posts: 0 Comments: 3398

2. Patrap 05:43 GMT le 13 juillet 2012
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3. Susie77 09:21 GMT le 14 juillet 2012
Airman, possibly.... yes. Member Since: 14 avril 2002 Posts: 561 Comments: 516

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