There is now an ongoing magnetic storm. Is red bars on the graph at link. It is not mentioned on the forecast right now. You can click the forecast at the link (but it will change). There was a briefer storm a couple of days ago, but otherwise is has been quiet for months, although I don't check this link daily.
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/today.html
Chris
There has been an X4 (X3 to X5) solar flare: this is the largest I have noticed in a long time. The 3 day solar-geophysical forecast has not yet been updated since this flare, so don't know if there is a coronal mass ejection directed at earth: could be some magnetic storms and auroras coming up.
Chris
(02-25-2014, 01:58 PM)Island Chris Wrote: [ -> ]There has been an X4 (X3 to X5) solar flare: this is the largest I have noticed in a long time. The 3 day solar-geophysical forecast has not yet been updated since this flare, so don't know if there is a coronal mass ejection directed at earth: could be some magnetic storms and auroras coming up.
Chris
The flare was on the limb of the Sun, so if it made a CME, it's very unlikely to affect the Earth.
Although when you start getting into xray flashes that bright, that alone starts affecting the earth.
Are you familiar with the Carrington Event?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859
Brian
Well, I wasn't born yet, but yes, I've heard of that event. And, the new solar/geomagnetic forecast indeed does not predict much storming, if any.
Chris