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High Latitude Aurora Alert … EYE Report
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:23
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Earth is entering a stream of solar wind blowing ~500 km/s, and the encounter is stirring up geomagnetic activity around the Arctic Circle. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras.
SpaceWeather.com Download time: Mar 23 2011 7:40 AM ET
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NOAA forecasters estimate a 30% chance of M-class solar flares from sunspot AR1176 today. Credit: SDO/HMI
Current Auroral Oval:
Coronal Holes: 24 Mar 11
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Earth is inside a solar wind stream flowing from the indicated coronal hole. Credit: SDO/AIA.
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