TheWatchers.com-3/18/13, Chillymanjaro

A coronal mass ejection (CME) that erupted on March 15, 2013, hit Earth’s magnetic field at 06:00 UTC on March 17, 2013. The solar wind speed reached 700 km/s and sparked a moderately strong G2 (Kp=6) geomagnetic storm and minor S1 solar radiation storm. NOAA/SWPC reported the geomagnetic field has been at quiet to unsettled levels for the past 24 hours. 

For those of you, who don’t fully understand the data given above, here are few explanations to help you better understand space weather and geomagnetic storms. Here is a short help on understanding the basic terms, data, plots and graphs.

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