SOLAR WATCH * Huge X8.2 Flare Sept. 10, 2017! (Updated Daily)

[link to www.theusner.eu] 8(-) In Theusner.eu

Morning! Yes we have Kp=6 still , Bz is decidedly South. and a solar wind speed of around 500 KM/Psec. Earth is still collecting lots of protons .

This was not as big an event as 1989 Quebec - that flare was an X-15, following several smaller CME producing flares.
This is a practice run for the really BIG one that we could get this year. I've watched these past two days, and we really haven't seen nothin' yet, as the saying goes. But it has been fun to watch. Hard to take your eyes away.

what happens to em once the earth collects em?

Good question I likes this page
[link to ls7pm3.gsfc.nasa.gov]

Our atmosphere is full of particles, eventually- discharged out to space, random bonding w/other particles, here is a good short article [link to teachertech.rice.edu]
(not as good as I thought), anyway, most particles bounce around in the ionosphere.

NOAA shows a 6 still, which is right?

Spaceweather still says 6 also.

Probably NOAA

kp up to 8... damn

[link to www.theusner.eu]

[link to www.spaceweatherlive.com] The Kp graph also shows a jump to nearly 8!

here's the 7 day plot from the 1989 event

[link to www.theusner.eu]

They are making readings which are closer to the N. pole , they are just much farther north, so the storm is worse for them=8.

It is still quite a jump, but fair enough.

Nice! this info. is also from Potsdam, farther North.
here is for us now(if I can get it to load) [link to www.theusner.eu]

This One was better [link to www.theusner.eu]

Or This [link to www.theusner.eu]

compare these two graphs, current storm is mild compared to 1989.

True, but it isn't over yet...We just have to wait and see. (Hoping it doesn't go any higher)

This one is a global average

[link to www.theusner.eu]

Spike in protons...

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

What would this mean with this sudden spike?

good catch!

One thing that must be taken into consideration...
We are a LOT more dependent on satellites/electronics than we were even 23 years ago, back in 1989. If we have some satellites go out now, the effects on our society would be much worse than just 23 years ago. Just something to think about. We use satellites for so many things now. Everything from our phones, TV services, to GPS and much more.

Maybe from the latest C flare?

here's the plot from the X-45 flare back in 2003. It followed on the heels of the massive storm (X-17) shown in the link on the bottom

[link to www.theusner.eu]

X-20 flare from 2001

[link to www.theusner.eu]

X-20 from August 1989

[link to www.theusner.eu]

X17 from Oct 2003

[link to www.theusner.eu]

top 20 solar flares since 1978

[link to www.solarham.net]

Last Edited by RTS REDUX on 07/15/2012 06:25 PM

No kidding! we are much more vulnerable now!

This is a much better article, thanks, I didn't see you answer this question befor I posted mine!

Has anyone heard anything about any update on when this is expected to be over? Yesterday when it started NiN had said about 30 hours. That would put it sometime in the next hour or so. It would be nice if that estimate is still holding true.

Well, they say this is a PLANETARY measurement. But they do not say where they get measurements from. I would trust NOAA or NASA for measurements pertinent to the USA, is all I can say.