03-07-2012, 04:02 PM
If you live anywhere where anyone has ever seen aurora's, I would bank on seeing some really amazing ones tonight / tomorrow. We just were hit yesterday by a fairly weak CME that set off some moderate/strong activity here on Earth (S3, R3, and G2 storms). There is also a powerful (x5 class) CME that is predicted to deliver a glancing blow, but has not hit yet. This all from one of the most interesting looking (visually) sunspots Ive seen since I started becoming interested in this stuff (sunspot 1429):
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http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view...&year=2012' Wrote:MAJOR SOLAR FLARE (UPDATED): Big sunspot AR1429 has unleashed another major flare. This one is the strongest yet, an X5-class eruption on March 7th at 00:28 UT.
Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab estimate that the CME will reach Earth on March 8th at 0625 UT (+/- 7 hr), possibly triggering a strong-to-extreme geomagnetic storm.