BREAKING-Solar Impact 11:19pm ET! Winds 2X+, Protons 10,000X normal

We just went out. We have a thick cloud cover so we won´t be able to see anything.

Batten down the hatches!

Shields up!

Go to red alert!

It´s clouded over where I´m at, too. Even without that, I´m probably too far south to get a good look.

I just took a photo of the sunspots about 30 minutes ago.

First time I´ve tried, this one looks a bit like the Mandelbrot Chaos Fractal Thingy Bob.

[link to img.photobucket.com]

And a few others it below this one;
[link to img.photobucket.com]

it is a pretty good show
[link to www2.nict.go.jp]

whats the worst that could happen? ,phones,satelites, ect..going on the blink?

[link to www.n3kl.org]

Ouch! Satelites should be powering down for this one.

" whats the worst that could happen? ,phones,satelites, ect..going on the blink?"
probably not even that much,
just some pretty lights for people in the northern latitudes

The worst that can happen is a satellite could go down due to the Proton Flux scrambling up circuits.

[link to www.n3kl.org]


If this happened a satelite could loose altitude and re enter in some time as it takes a while to degrade.

Also though not totaly linked, is sudden and unexpected storms could develop some-where?

Aw C´mon don´t wet your panties now. This is a normal M clas flare, not even an X class. Proton streams like this have no significant impact, I´ve been watching them since the normal flux started yesterday. Usually when an event of this nature occurs the account will stay up for about a day. I´m monitoring ground level flux on my scopes here right now. For thos that are interested in the current satelite levels go here;

[link to www.n3kl.org]

to see the auroral levels go here;

[link to www.sel.noaa.gov]

and to see the ionospheric impact go here;

[link to www2.nict.go.jp]

and for bowshock (if they´re updating) go here

[link to pixie.spasci.com]

Keep your drawers on and enjot the show!

comms down or disrupted HF Fadeout

[link to www.ips.gov.au]

alerts

Last updated 15 May 2005 04:00 UT
SUBJ: IPS GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING 05/17
ISSUED AT 14/0009Z MAY 2005
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED
DUE TO CORONAL MASS EJECTION
FROM 15-16 MAY 2005
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GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST
15 May: Storm levels
16 May: Minor storm



IPS GEOSTAT ALERT NUMBER 77: STATUS 0
MINOR STORM LEVEL K-INDICES OBSERVED
MINOR GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS
ISSUED AT 0255 UT ON 15 May 2005 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE

Follow the progress of this event on the IPS Space Weather Status Panel,
[link to www.ips.gov.au] > Space Weather

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SUBJ: IPS PRELIMINARY HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WARNING 05/21
ISSUED AT 14/0017Z MAY 2005
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

DEGRADED HF PROPAGATION CONDITIONS EXPECTED
FROM LATE 15-16 MAY 2005.
IF COMMS DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED TRY A LOWER FREQUENCY BAND
A MORE DETAILED HF WARNING WILL FOLLOW IF DEPRESSIONS EVENTUATE.
_____________________________________________________________​

SUBJ: IPS HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WARNING 05/20
ISSUED AT 13/2355Z MAY 2005
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

HF COMMS FADEOUTS EXPECTED DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS
FROM 14-16 MAY 2005
IF COMMS DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED TRY A HIGHER FREQUENCY BAND
_____________________________________________________________​
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SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST HF COMMS FADEOUTS
14 May: moderate to high Probable
15 May: moderate to high Probable
16 May: moderate to high Probable

thanks for the info, i´ll do some research.

Latest from spacew.com -

Updated: 2:25 UTC 15 May (10:25 pm EDT, 14 May)

Geomagnetic and Auroral Activity Update

The anticipated coronal mass ejection HAS ARRIVED. Impact with the Earth is expected anytime now. The IMF has turned northward with this event and therefore will (for the moment) not be capable of producing significant activity. However, a southward turning (negative Bz) is anticipated during this disturbance and should produce some decent auroral storm conditions. The disturbance arrived earlier than expected. It´s higher than anticipated velocity will increase the potential volatility of the disturbance.

Why aren´t the Incredible Dim Wits warning us to hide in our basements because of the radiation?

You just did

I tried to tell you people.

It certaintly dosn´t help todays modern 802.11g Wireless networks when this happens.

Dr p. Because DimWits like you don´t even check the links a posted above to show you there is no excesive xray/radiation fluxes. Look for yourself, or is that to complicated. get a grip folks this is a normal event

I dont know if there is a correlation here but at the same time the Pc3 Indices are high for most of Australia, in line with the report.

The Pc3 Indicates the magnetic disturbance on a level of 1 to 10 and at the moment it is at 9.

Interesting, I´ve never seen these graphs before, thanks for the great LINK!

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[link to www.ips.gov.au]
1&SubSecName=Maps&LinkName=Australian%20Region%20pc3%20Pulsation%20Index

Pc3 pulsations are high frequency (10-45 second period) variations
of the Earths magnetic field. Daily pc3 indices are the daily sum
of 20 minute pc3 indices for that station.

Estimated AFr/Ap Indices 14 May : A
Fredericksburg 10
Planetary 9

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 13 May : A K
Fredericksburg 21
Planetary 27 5553 3432

Nothing to report here in South Dakota.

Marlboro Man

I don´t see anyone on this thread being over the top or exagerating anything here, pull your head in.

lol is there ever anything to report in south dakota?

Experts: Flares May Have Helped Planets

By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer Wed May 11,11:46 AM ET

LOS ANGELES - Solar flares are infamous for wreaking havoc on electrical power lines and communication signals. But a team of astronomers says such bursts emitted by the sun in its youth may have helped planets form.
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Looking through
NASA´s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the astronomers focused on a cluster of young stars in the Orion Nebula, 1,500 light-years from Earth. Studying 30 sunlike stars over two weeks, they found the young stars erupted in flares more powerful than those produced by the sun.

The observation could explain how Earth survived during its formative years, astronomers said.

Half the stars in Orion showed evidence of disks, places where rocky planets might be formed. Recent studies have shown that when X-ray flares strike planet-forming disks, they interact with the disk and affect the position of a planet from a star. The astronomers theorized that energetic flares prevent developing planets from falling into the newborn star.

"Big X-ray flares could lead to planetary systems like ours where Earth is a safe distance from the sun," astronomer Eric Feigelson of Penn State University said Tuesday. "Stars with smaller flares, on the other hand, might end up with Earth-like planets plummeting into the star."

Details will appear in a future issue of The Astrophysical Journal.

Christopher McKee, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, said the data collected by the Chandra telescope is a "treasure trove" that will help scientists understand planetary formation.

"It shows that the early evolution of the sun might have had significant effect on how the solar system formed," said McKee, who was not involved in the project.

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On the Net:

Chandra X-ray Observatory: [link to chandra.harvard.edu]

Hey, this says no pretty sky colors?!?

[link to www.ips.gov.au]

Minbari PC3 are an intersting phenemona, No one can actually explian why they happen. that they are is an extemely low frequency that eminates from the earth in various locations. I tracked the pc3 running continuous at the 8-10 level in that area for about a week after the sumatra earthquak in december. However pc3 occurances are extremely common during auroral events such as what we are having right now. Perfectly common, why the earth "sings" like this is anybodies guess.

Interesting, something knew to understand, love it.

Thanks for the informative feedback, most excellent and gracious of you.

A good day to you.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 61
5/15/2005
1:50 am EDT Re: BREAKING-Solar Impact 11:19pm ET! Winds 2X+, Protons 10,000X normal

Hey, this says no pretty sky colors?!?

[link to www.ips.gov.au]
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Not for us anyways, but perhaps Alaska will be a different story.

I´d love to go to Alaska and see this one day.

Well I better get out the sunscreen and tie myself to a palm tree.