Solar Flare to hit today

[zakur]

Solar flare will make its presence known here today

BOULDER, Colo. -- A strong geomagnetic storm was expected to hit Earth on Friday with the potential to affect electrical grids and satellite communications.

One of the largest sunspot clusters in years developed over the past three days and produ

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[Brown]

We had practically two whole months of clear skies. But today, it is heavily overcast. So much for spotting an aurora.

 

[PygmyPlaidGiraffe]

We had practically two whole months of clear skies. But today, it is heavily overcast. So much for spotting an aurora.

it is also overcast here. Snowing too. I Won't be able to see a show here.

Larry Combs, a forecaster at the federal Space Environment Center in Boulder, says the sunspot cluster released a chunk of the sun's outer atmosphere early Wednesday morning.

It is expected to reach Earth at about 3 p.m. EDT. NASA says the effects could last 12 to 18 hours.

The space agency says the sunspot clusters produce a "coronal mass ejection" – an explosion of gas and charged particles from the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.

 

[Reginald]

More about it here....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3210901.stm

Anyone got a time for the peak of this thing?

I predict (oh!) that the planet x-ers will like this stuff.