Your daily solar forecast: CME DELAYED: A CME expected to sideswipe Earths magnetic field on Feb 2nd did not arrive on time. A new analysis by NOAA forecasters suggests it will reach Earth on Feb. 4th instead. The late arrival could spark minor geomagnetic storms and auroras on Tuesday. Aurora alerts: text, voice BIG SUNSPOT, HIGH SOLAR ACTIVITY: Solar activity reached high levels yesterday with seven M-class solar flares and three CMEs. Almost all of the explosions were produced by monster sunspot AR1967. AR1967 is wider than the planet Jupiter and its primary dark cores are big enough to swallow Earth many times over. The scale of the thing makes it an easy target for backyard solar telescopes. I used an 11-inch Celestron telescope with a Thousand Oaks White Light Filter, says Ahmad. The sunspot is stunning and shows very interesting structural details even through a small telescope and whitelight filter. AR1967 has a delta-class magnetic field that harbors energy for strong eruptions. The growing complexity of the region has prompted NOAA forecasters to boost the odds of X-flares to 50% during the next 24 hours. Because AR1967 is near the center of the solar disk, any eruptions will be squarely Earth directed. This info is not meant to produce fear, but preparedness and observation.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:26:30 +0000
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