The sun has suddenly lit up with life—and it’s going to affect the planet earth.. Friday the 13th could feature a minor geomagnetic storm on the planet after a strong flare bust off of the sun.
There has been three in the past few days..
Also a bit eerie to consider: The planet is set to see a full moon on Friday the 13th, as well..
Cell phone service may be disrupted..
As the CME streams in..
The flare and CME unleashed by the sun Friday was pointed directly at earth.. As a result a geomagnetic storm and strong northern lights are going to be the result..
In a humorous post, Space weather writes that just in time for St Patrick’s day, the sky may turn green across the United States..
And here is video of the big CME..
Unfortunately for me, it will be cloudy and SNOWING today.. So I won’t see a thing.. Hopefully my electronics still work by Sunday… Because that was one huge CME..
And I reiterate: I hope this won’t happen should there be a ‘big one’..
It appears the world is not going to sizzle with this flare—and won’t in the future, either. But when a strong X class has the potential to do some damage you’d hope that federal agencies are on the same page.
But then again.. what if the same page they are on is dead wrong?
In that regard, maybe it’s better they oppose and offer different forecasts. May the strongest forecast win.
What is troubling to think about is when a really large solar event takes place that could have a significant impact on this planet, will things be this much of a mess?
REVISED FORECAST: The CME launched toward Earth by yesterday’s X-flare is moving faster than originally thought. Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab have revised their forecast accordingly, advancing the cloud’s expected arrival time to 09:17 UT (5:17 am EDT) on Saturday, July 14th. Weekend auroras are likely.
Geomagnetic storms are circling Earth’s poles in the wake of a double CME impact on June 16th.. Earth’s magnetic field has strongly compressed after the flares and impact.. After nightfall Saturday Northern Lights were visible even in the Northern United States such as North Dakota and Wisconsin..
There aren’t too many times I’d say I would like to live in North Dakota, but I saw some pictures on SpaceWeather and Facebook of the Northern Lights over North Dakota and it looked like absolute majesty in the sky.
There is beauty to solar flares.. until that day when a series of X flares knocks out power and modern life. But at least Northern Lights will be looking pretty amid the lack of technology.
It forces the question: are these two events, seemingly separate, somehow linked.. Cause and effect. Did the comet equal the CME? Pure coincidence? Look through some recent history, this comet/CME type event happened July 5, 2011 too..
