Staff Writer, DL Mullan
Meteorology / Heliosphere_________________________________
The planets are aligning as Mercury goes behind the sun from Earth's point of view and Saturn lines up with the Earth.
Storms around the world are in step with solar activity and a new cyclone has been named.
Storms around the world are in step with solar activity and a new cyclone has been named.
Other news about the solar activity:EXTENDED WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected
Extension to Serial Number: 896
Valid From: 2014 Apr 20 1257 UTC
Now Valid Until: 2014 Apr 21 0600 UTC
Warning Condition: Persistence
Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude.
Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur.
Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible.
Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
- Solar Flares over the last 24 hours..
- 10 solar flares were observed:
- C1.6 AR2035 00:17:00 00:25:00 00:40:00
- C2. AR2036 02:02:00 03:05:00 03:11:00
- C2.4 AR2038 04:21:00 04:27:00 04:41:00
- C1.9 AR2034 05:12:00 05:17:00 05:23:00
- C1.7 AR2034 06:07:00 06:10:00 06:13:00
- C6.4 AR2033 08:07:00 08:13:00 08:18:00
- C3.9 AR2033 08:21:00 08:24:00 08:31:00
- C1.8 AR2033 11:23:00 11:41:00 11:44:00
- C2.2 AR2035 11:53:00 12:07:00 12:12:00
- C2.8 AR2035 13:32:00 13:38:00 13:44:00
