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~ Space Weather Update~ CME Impact and a Huge Sunspot

Monday, November 26, 2012 11:31

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CME IMPACT: A CME hit Earth's magnetic field on Nov. 26th at approximately 0500 UT (Nov. 25th @ 9 PM PST). The weak impact did not cause a geomagnetic storm. Aurora alerts: text, voice.

PRESTO! A HUGE SUNSPOT: Yesterday, sunspot AR1620 was barely visible. Today it is a behemoth wider than a half-dozen planet Earths. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the sunspot's rapid growth in a period of less than 20 hours on Nov. 25-26:

AR1620 has a beta-gamma magnetic field that harbors energy for strong flares. Because of the sunspot's proximty to the center of the solar disk, Earth would be in the line of fire of any eruptons. NOAA forecasters estimate a 30% chance of M-class solar flares in the next 24 hours. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.

Solar wind
speed: 475.1 km/sec
density: 2.0 protons/cm³
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at 1736 UT

X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: C2 1526 UT Nov26
24-hr: C2 1526 UT Nov26
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Updated: Today at: 1700 UT

Daily Sun: 26 Nov 12

FAst growing sunspot AR1620 has a beta-gamma magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares. Credit: SDO/HMI

Sunspot number: 64
What is the sunspot number?
Updated 26 Nov 2012

Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 0 days
2012 total: 0 days (0%)
2011 total: 2 days (<1%)
2010 total: 51 days (14%)
2009 total: 260 days (71%)
Since 2004: 821 days
Typical Solar Min: 486 days
Update 26 Nov 2012

The Radio Sun
10.7 cm flux: 121 sfu
explanation | more data
Updated 26 Nov 2012

Current Auroral Oval: