Solar Flare Erupts Directly At The Earth, Should Hit Early Tuesday Morning (2/15/2011)

Tuesday morning is the 15th (not the 13th). Oh...and

the m6.6 hit YESTERDAY morning. it struck earth already. search for threads and youll see.

True. Will hit 2/15 but fortunatly... no doom here. It's just an M6. Big indeed, but not big enough for doom.
It's funny... most of GPL'rs are always searching and wanting doom. I wonder when a strong enough CME will send us all to stone age if you'll still think doom is good and fun. This or any other kind of doom will not bring any good for any of us.

I should have been more clear for those who won't read the article. The date is from when the article was written.

From the article:

"We are predicting an initial solar storm of up to Kp7, though the majority of the storm should be at or below Kp6. According to the NOAA, a Kp7 storm may have the following affects:

Power systems: voltage corrections may be required, false alarms triggered on some protection devices.

Spacecraft operations: surface charging may occur on satellite components, drag may increase on low-Earth-orbit satellites, and corrections may be needed for orientation problems.

Other systems: intermittent satellite navigation and low-frequency radio navigation problems may occur, HF radio may be intermittent, and aurora has been seen as low as Illinois and Oregon (typically 50° geomagnetic lat.)**."


The article doesn't talk about any huge doom, in fact, it suggests it might be really beautiful for those who see it.

Last Edited by Kashodi on 02/14/2011 10:18 AM

and preassure in the head???

the flare hit nearly immediately, it is the CME that will hit later, depending on space conditions as to when and how much. This was not an impressive CME, there are other images on the net of far more impressive ones coming from a sun spot.

Where does it say that?

NO and NO and NO. The M 6.6 FLARE is NOT THE CME!!!!!!!!!! It was an x ray flare and it did hit already, otherwise it would not be on the charts.

the CME is yet to arrive, it's weak and may or may not arrive depending on space conditions. CME's are NOT classed by x ray flare connotations. They are not A B C M or X!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please people do some homework.

Sorry, i'm a begginer in this subject. Yet, for the few basics that i can manage an x-flare usually ends on a CME (big or small). Am i wrong? My bad for the way i wrote. What i was meant to say was that what would hit us on 2/15 is the CME.

We're always learning my friend!