Mega Solar Flare (Could Be Historic)

Spaceweather.com | 11/04/03

[Davea]

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[Semper Paratus]

Are you series?

[Davea]

Darn tootin' I'm series. This could be hugh!

[South Dakota]

world series?

[Zuben Elgenubi]

She's got the fire down below.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Maybe it's time for a meteor shower...

[Brian S]

MEGA-FLARE: Giant sunspot 486 unleashed yet another powerful solar flare today (Nov. 4th, 1950 UT), and this one could be historic.

The blast saturated X-ray detectors onboard GOES satellites at X17.4 for 11 minutes.

The last time such a thing happened in 2001 the flare was classified as an X20--the biggest ever.

This one might be even bigger; stay tuned for updates.

[Davea]

SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY BULLETIN #03- 5

2003 November 04 at 05:25 p.m. MST (2003 November 05 0025 UTC)

**** EXTREME SOLAR FLARE ****

Powerful Active Region 486 has produced one of the most intense solar flares ever measured. The event began at 12:29 P.M. MST (1929 UTC) on November 4th and rose quickly to exceed X17 on the GOES-12 X-ray sensor. By 12:44 P.M. MST (1944 UTC), the GOES sensor was saturated and remained that way until 12:56 P.M. (1956 UTC), suggesting this event extended well in to the very highest flare category, the X20 plus range. This massive flare produced a category R5 (extreme) radio blackout. All short-wave communications through the sunlit hemisphere of the Earth experienced complete blackout conditions.

An associated solar radiation storm is underway. The current storm is at category S1 (minor) levels, and rising. The radiation storm is expected to reach category S2 (moderate) levels, and there is a small chance for a category S3 (strong) radiation storm. High latitude aviation interests are advised to closely monitor radiation levels over the next 24 hours. High latitude short-wave communications will likely experience considerable degradation for the next 24 to 48 hours. All agencies with space interests should also carefully monitor radiation levels.

A powerful, and extremely fast (over 5 million miles per hour) mass ejection occurred from this flare site, but is mostly directed away from Earth. As a result, only category G1 (minor) to G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm levels are likely on November 6th. This solar flare was the largest in a series of very large flares that have occurred in Active Region 486 over the past two weeks. At its peak, this sunspot cluster was approximately 15 times larger than Earth. This active region will rotate to the backside of the sun over the next 24 hours. Another large flare is still possible from this region, but large flare activity will become much less likely after the next 24 to 48 hours.

[kanawa]

MEGA-FLARE: Giant sunspot 486 unleashed yet another powerful solar flare today (Nov. 4th, 1950 UT), and this one could be historic. The blast saturated X-ray detectors onboard GOES satellites at X17.4 for 11 minutes. The last time such a thing happened in 2001 the flare was classified as an X20--the biggest ever. This one might be even bigger; stay tuned for updates.

Ionizing radiation from the flare hit Earth's atmosphere soon after the explosion and caused a severe radio blackout, which radio listeners noticed across North America. The explosion also hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. Although the CME is not heading directly toward Earth, it could deliver a glancing blow to our planet's magnetic field on Nov. 5th.

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[Diddle E. Squat]

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It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

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It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
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It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine...fine...

[Dog Gone]

Somebody needs to tell the Sun to behave. We're Earth, and we're the boss around here.

[RadioAstronomer]

Fortunately not pointed in our direction.

[PoorMuttly]

Muttly getting very tired of hiding in his Tinfoil-reinforced Official Pup Tent all the time, being afraid of anything he can't bite, if need be (like geomagnetic rays).

He IS, however, getting very good at his Yo-Yo practice.

When will it be safe again ?

(C'mon Sun...I've got important holes to dig!)

[Bubba_Leroy]

It's all Bush's fault!

[Fitzcarraldo]

What's squeezing these solar magnetic fields? Do convection cells in the Sun behave like hurricanes and tornadoes and twist the fields into a knot?

[Eaker]

We're Earth, and we're the boss around here.

Think we can file a wrongful flare suit???

Now THAT could be hugh!!!

[P.O.E.]

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[MonroeDNA]

Ten seconds and counting before some nutcase quotes religeon.

[muawiyah]

No doubt you believe all religion to be false.

Do you believe what you are told about solar flares? Have you seen one directly?

Faith such as yours leaves me awestruck.

[P.O.E.]

I just hope it ain't this one.....

“And I heard the altar saying, ‘Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments.’ And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given to it to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues; and they did not repent, so as to give Him glory.” (Revelation 16:8-9)