There is a coronal hole low down on the suns eastern side and the solar winds from the hole are predicted to reach Earth on 23-24th May. … Read More
Sunspot AR1748 is now Earth Facing
In extreme cases this can cascade from transformer to transformer and knock out large areas of the electrical grid. … Read More
75% Chance of M-Class Flare Today
It is moving across the face of the sun and during the next few days will move into a position whereby anything it does throw off will impact the Earth directly. … Read More
Space Weather: 10% Chance Of M-Class Flares Today
NASA has suspended communications with Mars rovers and orbiters this month as the Red Planet passes almost directly behind the sun. … Read More
Space Weather: Lyrid Meteor Shower Starting
Usually the shower is mild (10-20 meteors per hour) but unmapped filaments of dust in the comet’s tail sometimes trigger outbursts ten times stronger. Forecasters expect the peak to occur on April 21-22. … Read More
Space Weather:Any Flare From AR1718 Over The Next 24 Hours Will Hit Earth
Todays sunspot number is 116. Three large sunspots all have the energy to produce flares, and are already doing so but at the C class level. … Read More
Todays Space Weather: Large Sunspots Increase Flare Threat
Three of the sunspots, AR1713, AR1718 and AR1719, have ‘beta-gamma’ magnetic fields that harbor energy for M-class solar flares. Eruptions from AR1718, in particular, would likely be Earth-directed. … Read More
