GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS: A major geomagnetic storm is in progress following the impact of a CME on August 5th around 1800 UT. Sky watchers at all latitudes should be alert for auroras after nightfall. Tip: the best hours for aurora sightings are usually around local midnight. Aurora alerts: text, voice.
Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab say that the CME impact may have strongly compressed Earth's magnetic field, directly exposing satellites in geosynchronous orbit to solar wind plasma. Stay tuned for updates on this aspect of the storm.
The arriving CME left the sun on August 4th, propelled by an M9.3-category eruption in the magnetic canopy of sunspot 1261.
~ THE PICTURE BELOW IS A CURRENT PICTURE OF THE SUN~ IN THE PAST FEW DAYS WE HAVE HAD 3 M CLASS SOLAR FLARES~ ONE OF THE BLASTS WE ARE ALREADY IN WITH 2 MORE HEADED ARE WAY~ WITH A VERY HIGH CHANCE FOR INTENSE BLASTS MORE FROM SUNSPOT 1263 WHICH MOST LIKELY WILL BE EARTH DIRECTED~ ENJOY THE INCOMING ENERGIES~ LOVE MOTHER AND FATHER GOD AND THE FIRST CONTACT GROUND CREW TEAM~
