CHANCE OF FLARES TODAY: NOAA forecasters say there is a 75% chance of M-class solar flares today, April 19th, and a 25% chance of powerful X-flares. The most likely source would be sunspot complex AR2993-94, which is crackling with flares as it turns toward Earth.
Month: April 2022
NOAA Alert Apr.19….
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3Serial Number: 3226Issue Time: 2022 Apr 19 1031 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfuContinuation of Serial Number: 3225Begin Time: 2022 Apr 16 1715 UTCYesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1646 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale Read more…
Sun spews intense solar flare, sparks radio blackout in Asia, Australia….
Mon, Apr 18 New Delhi, Apr 18 (IANS): The Sun has unleashed an intense solar flare, sparking radio blackouts in several parts of Asia and Australia. According to the US Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), the solar flare peaked late Read more…
X-class solar flare….
A major new sunspot group just produced an X-class solar flare–potentially the first of many. The explosion on April 17th (0334 UT) caused a shortwave radio blackout over Australia and parts of Asia, and it may have hurled a CME Read more…