{"id":2900,"date":"2012-03-07T16:26:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T20:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2012-03-07T16:27:30","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T20:27:30","slug":"another-solar-storm-headed-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/another-solar-storm-headed-to-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Another solar storm headed to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(photo: Spaceweather.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

Even the Wall Street Journal<\/a> picked up on the latest solar flare–the biggest in 5 years–which is headed towards Earth:<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON\u2014The largest solar flare in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights.[…]<\/p>\n

“It’s hitting us right in the nose,” said Joe Kunches, a scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He called it the sun’s version of “Super Tuesday.”<\/p>\n

The solar storm is likely to last through Friday morning, but the region that erupted can still send more blasts our way, Mr. Kunches said. He said another set of active sunspots is ready to aim at Earth right after this.<\/p>\n

But for now, scientists are waiting to see what happens Thursday when the charged particles hit Earth at four million mph. [Continue reading at the WSJ<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the latest update from\u00a0Spaceweather<\/a>:<\/p>\n

GEOMAGNETIC STORM UPDATE:\u00a0<\/span>A CME propelled toward Earth by this morning’s X5-class solar flare is expected to reach our planet on March 8th at 0625 UT (+\/- 7 hr). Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab, who prepared\u00a0the CME’s forecast track<\/a>, say the impact could spark a strong-to-severe geomagnetic storm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Expect some major geomagnetic disturbances and don’t be surprised if the shortwave bands are very quiet while we’re being blasted with electrons. On the plus side? If you live in Northern latitudes, look for some awe-inspiring auroras in the night sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even the Wall Street Journal picked up on the latest solar flare–the biggest in 5 years–which is headed towards Earth: WASHINGTON\u2014The largest solar flare in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights.[…] “It’s hitting us right in the nose,” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,810],"tags":[809,808,4082,947,946,945],"class_list":["post-2900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-space-weather","tag-cme","tag-coronal-mass-ejections","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-shortwave-radio-propagation","tag-solar-flare","tag-spacewethaer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-KM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6205,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/massive-solar-flare-launches-cme-poor-propagation-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":2900,"position":0},"title":"Massive solar flare launches CME – poor propagation today","author":"Thomas","date":"April 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Discovery News) The sun has unleashed the biggest solar flare of the year, quickly followed by an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME). 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