Hi All
You guys so much smarter tan me about this. Can anyone explain what will happen in the next few days. I live on the east coast and yesterday both my cell and internet kept cutting in and out. is there more to come and will it be similar or not as bad.
thanks
Quoting: anon 121214 11538627 Ones that are smarter than I can answer this better, but with a K8 to K9, to me it means there will be more interferences
I'm certainly not smarter, but this is NASA's current warning:
Space Weather Message Code: WARK07
Serial Number: 36
Issue Time: 2012 Mar 09 1146 UTC
EXTENDED WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 7 or greater expected
Extension to Serial Number: 35
Valid From: 2012 Mar 09 0700 UTC
Now Valid Until: 2012 Mar 09 1500 UTC
Warning Condition: Persistence
Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 50 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude.
Induced Currents - Power system voltage irregularities possible, false alarms may be triggered on some protection devices.
Spacecraft - Systems may experience surface charging; increased drag on low Earth-orbit satellites and orientation problems may occur.
Navigation - Intermittent satellite navigation (GPS) problems, including loss-of-lock and increased range error may occur.
Radio - HF (high frequency) radio may be intermittent.
Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon.
