{"id":51730,"date":"2022-02-01T11:06:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T15:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=51730"},"modified":"2022-02-02T06:09:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T10:09:39","slug":"february-2-2021-a-low-hazard-cme-could-bring-auroras-to-low-latitudes-and-affect-hf-propagation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/february-2-2021-a-low-hazard-cme-could-bring-auroras-to-low-latitudes-and-affect-hf-propagation\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2, 2022: A low-hazard CME could bring auroras to low latitudes and affect HF propagation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ed, who shares the following news from Spaceweather.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: A coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading for Earth. Estimated time of arrival: Feb. 2nd. This movie from SOHO shows the halo CME leaving the sun:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was hurled into space during the early hours of Jan. 30th by an\u00a0M1-class<\/a>\u00a0solar flare. Big sunspot AR2936 was the source of the blast. The\u00a0long duration flare<\/a>\u00a0lasted more than 4 hours, so it put plenty of power into the CME.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A newly-released\u00a0forecast model<\/a>\u00a0from NOAA shows the likely timing of impact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Continue reading and follow updates at Spaceweather.com.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ed, who shares the following news from Spaceweather.com: GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: A coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading for Earth. Estimated time of arrival: Feb. 2nd. This movie from SOHO shows the halo CME leaving the sun: It was hurled into space during the early hours of Jan. 30th […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3,43,810],"tags":[809,808],"class_list":["post-51730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-space-weather","tag-cme","tag-coronal-mass-ejections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dsm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6205,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/massive-solar-flare-launches-cme-poor-propagation-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":51730,"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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