Tag Archive | M6.5-class solar flare

Extraordinary Weather Events Above and Below

Oct10

Shortly after the CME arrived, auroras exploded over Levi, Finland:

Earth Weather and Spaceweather

 

Science is still discerning whether cosmic events trigger Earth weather, or whether Earth weather triggers solar storms. There’s no shortage of weather events in the Spaceweather gallery, including a cyclone over Italy.

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SPACEWEATHER: Ongoing Solar Alerts; Flares, New Sunspot, and Coronal Holes

Oct10

Solar Flare Update

UPDATE—we now have images of today’s M6.5-class solar flare (15:10 UTC). It erupted from sunspot 4549 at solar coordinates N8W53. That is well onto the Earth-facing disk.

What this means: the flare site is partially Earth-directed. A CME from this region could deliver a glancing blow in the next few days.

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