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fair use - for educational purposes only-Comment added at 17:49 UTC on July 31: The geomagnetic field has been quiet to minor storm today. A large filament (or perhaps prominence) eruption in the northeast quadrant started just before noon. A full halo CME was later observed in LASCO images. Earth will highly likely receive an impact sometime between late on August 2 and late on August 3. Active to major storm, perhaps with severe storming at high latitudes, can be be expected for 12-24 hours following the impact.
http://dxlc.com/solar/
-- Michael (mikeymac@uswest.net), July 31, 1999
I'll have to get my factor 45 out :)
-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), July 31, 1999.
Hey Andy -That wouldn't be Max Factor would it? The King of Cosmoetics and Par-fumes!
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-- Michael (mikeymac@uswest.net), August 01, 1999.
Solar X-Ray flux has calmed down a bit from July 30 onward. Only minor M1 - M2 class flares. Geomagnetic was off the chart (so to speak) at :http://www.maj.com/sun/noaa.html
But that appears to be a graphing error, not Kp=9 stuff. Hold on, the X-Class flares have not visited us lately, and they have added a class beyond X. I wonder why?
Kp is back around 4 as I write this tome. No lite show tonight in CA....
Keep your eyes open.....But don't stare into the sun.
-- helium (heliumavid@yahoo.com), August 01, 1999.
This week we're visiting and camping in northern Ontario. Yesterday I was talking to a local who happened to mention that this year appearances of the aurora have been scarcer than in any year he remembers.How this correlates to the reported increase in solar activity I can't imagine.
-- Tom Carey (tomcarey@mindspring.com), August 01, 1999.