SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: JUNE 28, 2024

NLCs ARE NOT BEHAVING AS EXPECTED: When northern summer began, the forecast called for few noctilucent clouds (NLCs). Frosted wisps of meteor smoke tend to melt away during years of high solar activity–and solar activity has been very high in 2024. Yet…

“This week’s NLC display not only blew me away, but I would consider it within the top two displays I’ve ever seen in my life,” reports longtime observer Martin McKenna, who took this picture on June 26th from N. Ireland: 

 

“This was right up there with the jaw dropping displays I observed during 2009 when we had a deep Solar Minimum,” McKenna says.

Other witnesses agreed: “It was easily the best display in years, and I’ve been observing NLCs for 60+ years,” says John C McConnell of Maghaberry, N. Ireland. Kenneth Conlon of County Sligo, Ireland, described it as a “major outbreak, one of the strongest since 2019.”

These glowing reports came only two days after another outbreak of NLCs appeared over Paris, France.

What’s going on?

It might be Tonga. The undersea volcano erupted in January 2022, hurling record amounts of water into the atmosphere. Yes, that was two years ago, but it takes about two years for the vapor to circulate up to the mesosphere where NLCs form. Tonga’s moisture could be turbocharging the clouds

Another possibility is SpaceX. Studies show that water-rich rocket exhaust boosts the abundance of NLCs. So far this year (Jan. 1st – June 27th), 124 rockets have left Earth, mostly launched by SpaceX. That’s 4 times the rate of launches during previous Solar Maxima with 4 times more water being poured into the mesosphere. Perhaps this is enough to overwhelm the water and ice destroying effects of the active sun.

In the past 2 weeks alone there have been 7 launches worldwide. A notable launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket on June 25th immediately preceded the Irish outburst of NLCs on June 26th. Even leading experts aren’t certain these events are linked. One thing’s for sure: More rockets are on the launch pad, so remain alert for electric blue.

NOTE: June 27th is the 179th day of 2024, which means close to one rocket per day has been launched. What’s going on with that?

CME STRIKE SPARKS SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC STORM: As predicted, a CME struck Earth on June 28th (~1000 UT). The impact sparked a severe G4-class geomagnetic storm, surprising forecasters who expected only a minor G1-class event. Daylight over Europe and the Americas hid a potentially dynamite display of auroras. The storm is subsiding now and should soon be over. 

 

CURRENT CONDITIONS:

Solar wind speed: 489.0 km/sec
density: 7.61 protons/cm3
Updated: Today at 0447 UT

X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: C3 1440 UT Jun28
24-hr: C6 2347 UT Jun27
Updated: Today at: 1650 UT

Decaying sunspot AR3723 has a ‘beta-gamma’ magnetic field which poses a threat for M-class solar flares. Credit: SDO/HMI

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Mayan Time…

THE TRECENA OF WISDOM/CIB: AN ILLUMINATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
12 Deer/MANIK, Cherokee Deer/Ahwu’sdi, Destiny Kin 207, Position 7
June 28, 2024, 06/28/2024; Last Round: October 12, 2023, 10/12/2023

 

12 Deer (Hand)/MANIK, (Cherokee Deer Ahwu’sdi) – Day 12 of 13 of the 1 Wisdom/CIB trecena

Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), wisdom and Tzolk’in calculator preserved on MayanMajix.com

Galactic Tone 12: Twelve is a gift of great capacity of retrospection. It is this ability that allows Twelve to connect disassociated parts into a (new) functioning whole. The energy of Twelve is that which presents a new piece of understood information or accumulated experience to be applied.

Deer/MANIK (Hand): Deer are spirit tools. Silence itself is a spiritual experience for Deer. For Deer life is a pilgrimage. Deer are dominant persons who defend the people and will make sacrifices for others. The spirit of Deer upholds the pillars of the four directions. With the power inherent in the number four, Deer pushes away bad influences or negative energies. Skill and quality of work are very important to Deer. They are presented with tools for every task in life and it is with these that they are able to rise above limitations. Deer has a habit of keeping every tool it has ever used. This leads to clutter and indecision, loss and procrastination. When confronted with promises not kept, Deer becomes stubborn, manipulative and evasive.

A GOOD DAY TO: Be of  Service to others.

Cherokee, Deer/Ahwu’sdi: Symbolized by Constellation Galagina, the Stag, known as Taurus, the Bull. It does not include the Pleiades and Hyades clusters which in Cherokee are viewed as separate. To feed, gatherers of food and supplies, they enjoy rituals, ceremonials, feasts, the souls of hospitality, sociability. Freedom versus security issues often inspire leadership and unique solutions.  Combined with artistic and inspiring energies in harmony with lunar cycles, they nourish the clans. Totem-Deer:  A priest or shaman, a powerful person in general, to overwhelm an individual with one’s personal power, divination; inclined to become a teacher, healer, guru, civic leader, or politician.  Ability to create harmonic resonance.

[Text in italics was the primary source of inspiration for my journal. These are the sources that started my journey and they are the reference for interpretation each day. By providing the original text, I hope to offer a way to see what inspired my thoughts and by including all the aspects – allow for something more to inspire you. Mayan descriptions are those written by Ian Lungold. Cherokee descriptions came from multiple sources. Links to sources and other resources of study are offered on the Daykeeper Resources Page. ~Debra]