CHANCE OF FLARES TODAY: NOAA forecasters say there is a 60% chance of M-class solar flares and a 25% chance of X-flares on May 8th. The most likely source would be big sunspot AR3004, which has an unstable ‘delta-class’ magnetic field
NOAA STI
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2022 May 08 0905 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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# Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 May follow.
Solar flux 118 and estimated planetary A-index 3.
The estimated planetary K-index at 0900 UTC on 08 May was 1.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
NOAA Alerts
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3
Serial Number: 3235
Issue Time: 2022 May 07 1232 UTC
CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu
Continuation of Serial Number: 3234
Begin Time: 2022 May 01 1335 UTC
Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1355 pfu
NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at
www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation
Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.