{"id":58311,"date":"2023-11-28T19:34:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58311"},"modified":"2023-11-28T19:34:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:34:35","slug":"multiple-cmes-and-almost-x-class-flare-incoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/multiple-cmes-and-almost-x-class-flare-incoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple CMEs and “Almost” X-Class Flare Incoming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Troy Riedel, who shares the following item from Spaceweather.com.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

MULTIPLE CMEs ARE COMING:<\/strong> At least three CMEs are heading for Earth following a series of magnetic filament eruptions (#1, #2 & #3) earlier this week. Their collective arrival could spark G2-class geomagnetic storms with mid-latitude auroras on Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st. This forecast does not yet take into account a possible CME hurled toward us by today’s almost-X class solar flare. Keep reading!<\/p>\n

ALMOST-X CLASS SOLAR FLARE:<\/strong> Sunspot AR3500 erupted on Nov. 28th (1950 UT), producing an M9.8-class solar flare–only percentage points below category X. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the blast:<\/p>\n

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A pulse of extreme UV radiation blacked out shortwave radio communications across the South Pacific Ocean and parts of the Americas: map<\/a>. Mariners and ham radio operators may have noticed loss of signal at frequencies below 20 MHz.<\/p>\n

This explosion almost certainly hurled a CME toward Earth. Confirmation awaits fresh data from SOHO coronagraphs. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

Click here to check out this news and much more on Spaceweather.com<\/a>!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who shares the following item from Spaceweather.com. MULTIPLE CMEs ARE COMING: At least three CMEs are heading for Earth following a series of magnetic filament eruptions (#1, #2 & #3) earlier this week. Their collective arrival could spark G2-class geomagnetic storms with mid-latitude auroras on Nov. 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":[3,810],"tags":[809,1126,811,4581],"class_list":["post-58311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-space-weather","tag-cme","tag-solar-flares","tag-spaceweather","tag-troy-riedel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fav","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58617,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/x5-class-solar-flare-is-the-strongest-of-solar-cycle-25\/","url_meta":{"origin":58311,"position":0},"title":"X5-Class Solar Flare is the strongest of Solar Cycle 25","author":"Thomas","date":"January 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who shares the following news from Spaceweather.com: GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH (G2):\u00a0A CME\u00a0launched into space by yesterday's X5-class solar flare (see below) *does* have an Earth-directed component. 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