{"id":58617,"date":"2024-01-01T08:48:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T12:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58617"},"modified":"2024-01-01T08:48:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T12:48:36","slug":"x5-class-solar-flare-is-the-strongest-of-solar-cycle-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/x5-class-solar-flare-is-the-strongest-of-solar-cycle-25\/","title":{"rendered":"X5-Class Solar Flare is the strongest of Solar Cycle 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH (G2):\u00a0<\/strong>A CME<\/a>\u00a0launched into space by yesterday’s X5-class solar flare (see below) *does* have an Earth-directed component. According to\u00a0a NASA model<\/a>, it should strike our planet on Jan. 2nd.\u00a0G2<\/a>-class geomagnetic storms are possible when the CME arrives.\u00a0CME impact alerts:<\/strong>\u00a0SMS Text<\/a><\/p>\n

MAJOR X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE:\u00a0<\/strong>Mere hours after emerging over the sun’s eastern limb on Dec. 31st,\u00a0big sunspot AR3536<\/a>\u00a0erupted, producing a major X5-class solar flare. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash:<\/p>\n

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This is the strongest flare of Solar Cycle 25 (so far) and the most powerful eruption the sun has produced since the great storms of Sept. 2017.<\/p>\n

Radiation from the flare has caused a deep shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean: blackout map. Mariners and ham radio operators may have noticed loss of signal at all frequencies below 30 MHz for more than 60 minutes after the flare’s peak (2155 UT).<\/p>\n

Click here for more updates on Spaceweather.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. According to\u00a0a NASA model, it should strike our planet on Jan. 2nd.\u00a0G2-class geomagnetic storms are possible when the CME arrives.\u00a0CME impact […]<\/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":[1126,4107,4581],"class_list":["post-58617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-space-weather","tag-solar-flares","tag-space-weather","tag-troy-riedel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ffr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58311,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/multiple-cmes-and-almost-x-class-flare-incoming\/","url_meta":{"origin":58617,"position":0},"title":"Multiple CMEs and “Almost” X-Class Flare Incoming","author":"Thomas","date":"November 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who shares the following item from Spaceweather.com. 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