FRESH OFF THE COMPUTER... AS IS !! -- JUST FOR YA'LL !!
From: SHELDON
To: R Kane
Sent: Tue, Jun 23, 2015 3:15 pm
Subject: Re: RT America just uploaded a video
CAUSED BY A MASSIVE SOLAR STORM THAT HIT EARTH YESTERDAY !!!!
Planetary K-index
Now: Kp= 4 unsettled
24-hr max: Kp= 8 severe
I NEVER see an "8" on the Kp Index !!!! SHELDON
The explosion also hurled a full-halo CME directly toward Earth: movie. NOAA analysts are still modeling the storm cloud to estimate its likely time of arrival. Best guess: June 24th. Sky watchers should prepare for more geomagnetic atoms and auroras on Wednesday night. Solar flare alerts: text, voice
Planetary K-index
Now: Kp= 4 unsettled
24-hr max: Kp= 8 severe
I NEVER see an "8" on the Kp Index !!!! SHELDON
SOLSTICE GEOMAGNETIC STORM: A series of CMEs hit Earth's magnetic field on June 22nd, producing a severe G4-class
geomagnetic storm. Northern Lights spilled across the Canadian border
into more than a dozen US states, including places as far south as Colorado, Georgia, Virginia and Arkansas. "The auroras did not disappoint," says Chris Cook, who witnessed the display from Cape Cod, Massachusetts:
"They
were visible in deep twilight!" he adds. "I positioned myself on a
beach overlooking Cape Cod Bay so I could capture the reflection in the
water at low tide."
More auroras are in the offing as Earth's magnetic field reverberates from the CME strikes. NOAA forecasters estimate a 90% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on June 23rd, subsiding only a little to 70% on June 24th. Aurora alerts: text, voice
MEANWHILE ... ANOTHER CME IS ON THE WAY: Big sunspot AR2371 erupted again on June 22nd (18:23 UT), producing a strong M6.5 class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash:
X-ray
and UV radiation from the flare ionized the upper layers of Earth's
atmosphere, causing a blackout of some shortwave radio signals over
North America (blackout map). Mariners and ham radio operators, in particular, may have noticed disturbances at frequencies below ~20 MHz.
The explosion also hurled a full-halo CME directly toward Earth: movie. NOAA analysts are still modeling the storm cloud to estimate its likely time of arrival. Best guess: June 24th. Sky watchers should prepare for more geomagnetic atoms and auroras on Wednesday night. Solar flare alerts: text, voice
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I felt it and my iPad had to be readjusted as well as the cell phone but I will say that it made me feel "other worldly" in a good way. I felt peaceful and do today too.
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