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Earth appears to be in the bull’s-eye
Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say an “extreme” solar flare has been detected and while Earth appears to be in the bull’s-eye, exactly which part of the planet will see the biggest impact isn’t yet known.
ABCNews: Scientists: Strong Solar Storm Heading to Earth
"There's been a giant magnetic explosion on the sun," Berger said. "Because it's pointed right at us, we'll at least catch some of the cloud" of highly energized and magnetized plasma that can disrupt Earth's magnetic sphere, which sometimes leads to temporary power grid problems.
originally posted by: new_here
a reply to: Xeven
I don't understand why they can't calculate which part of the Earth will be affected.
They know how fast the Earth spins, and presumably the speed of CME's so... ?
What part of the Earth will be facing when the thing arrives?
What am I missing?
NOAA NWS Space Weather Prediction Center
Active Region 2158, now near center disk, produced a X1 (NOAA Scale R3- Strong) solar flare today at 10/1745 UTC. Impacts to HF radio communications on the daylight side of Earth are expected to last for more than an hour. Initial information suggests that CME is likely associated with this event, but further analysis is underway at this time.
CME is likely associated with this event, but further analysis is underway at this time.
originally posted by: rickymouse
Check it out, the votes are in, sunspot 2158 is a perfect ten.
www.spaceweather.com...
originally posted by: new_here
a reply to: trontech
Hey thanks, trontech.
I don't know how the speed of those things operate either.
I still have electricity as we speak, so either it's not here yet, or it's being gentle on us.