Northern states and Canada should get a light show

[greybeard]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/north ... -1.2763354

http://www.capitalwired.com/geomagnetic ... ted/22085/

The more recent of the two solar blasts was a powerful X1.6-class flare that erupted on Sept. 10 at 17:46 UT (1:45 p.m. ET), reported the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center.

The initial UV radiation from the explosion disturbed high-frequency radio communications for more than an hour on the side of the Earth facing the sun, reported spaceweather.com, a space weather news site maintained by Tony Phillips, who also writes NASA's Science News.

The CME itself was expected to arrive late Friday, and was expected to give rise to a strong geomagnetic storm Saturday that could disrupt power systems, GPS and high-frequency radio communication, the Space Weather Prediction Center reported shortly before 1 a.m. ET Thursday.

It added that auroras may be seen as far south as Pennsylvania, Iowa and Oregon as a result of the storm.

An earlier CME erupted from an M-class flare, the second-most-powerful kind, Tuesday at 00:30 UTC (8:45 p.m. ET Sept. 8). It was expected to graze the Earth, causing a minor solar storm starting Friday.

Both solar flares erupted from a sunspot called AR2158. Sunspots are darker, cooler areas of the sun where solar flares generally erupt.

 

[Jogeephus]

I read about this. Said the sunny side of earth facing the blast when it hits could have some problems. This could be interesting. I figure this is all from global warming or styrofoam cups.

 

[MistyMorning]

Oh thanks for the heads up! It is too cool to see these things up here, they take up the whole northern sky, takes your breath away!

 

[highgrit]

The first time I ever saw the northern lights my first love and I were laying on a blanket on the north shore of Lake Superior. Been 42 years, and somethings you never forget.

 

[chrisy]

I haven't seen the lights for years, wish I could again as you say they are unforgettable.

 

[TexasBred]

The first time I ever saw the northern lights my first love and I were laying on a blanket on the north shore of Lake Superior. Been 42 years, and somethings you never forget.

Looking forward to the rest of that story. :mrgreen: :lol2:

 

[backhoeboogie]

It would be nice to be back in Alaska this weekend. It will be an awesome show if the skies are clear.

 

[highgrit]

TB, I've never been one to kiss and tell.