Our Sun kicks things into high gear with two monster bright regions
rotate into Earth view. They have been rapid firing solar storms and
solar flares over the past week and finally one has been launched in
the Earth-strike zone! According to models the storm will arrive on
May 11! Aurora photographers should stay alert as we could see aurora
dip down to mid-latitudes! Along with the solar storm, amateur and
emergency radio operators are now enjoying a big bump in the solar
flux that is boosting radio propagation back well into the marginal
range. Although the bands will remain noisy with low level solar
flares, radio propagation on Earth’s day side should continue to be
decent over the next week or more! GPS reception might take a hit near
the dawn-dusk terminators and also on the Earth’s night side during
the solar storm, but overall, GPS reception should remain pretty
decent. Learn the details of the coming solar storm, when and where
aurora might be seen, and what else our Sun has in store this week!
(Special credit this week: @HaloCME for his May 6 solar flare
analysis: https://twitter.com/halocme/status/11…)
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For a more in-depth look at the data and images highlighted in this
video see these links below.
Solar Imaging and Analysis: SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
Helioviewer: http://www.helioviewer.org/ Flare Analysis:
http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest… Computer Aided CME Tracking
CACTUS: http://www.sidc.oma.be/cactus/out/lat… GOES Xray:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xra… SOHO:
http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/ Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
GONG magnetic field synoptic movie:
https://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/stan… GONG magnetic field synoptic
charts: http://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/ LMSAL Heliophysics Events HEK
http://www.lmsal.com/isolsearch
Solar Wind: DISCOVR solar wind:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/rea… ACE Solar Wind:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/ace… NASA ENLIL SPIRAL:
https://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/IswaSystem… NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa…
Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Atmosphere: GOES Magnetometer:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goe… Ionosphere D-Region
Absorption (DRAP) model: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/d-r…
Auroral Oval Ovation Products:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aur… Global 3-hr Kp index:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/pla… Wing Kp index prediction:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/win… USGS Ground Magnetometers:
http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/ USGS Disturbance Storm-Time (Dst):
http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/dst/ NAIRAS Radiation Storm Model:
http://sol.spacenvironment.net/raps_o…
Multi-Purpose Space Environment Sites: NOAA/SWPC:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov SOLARHAM: http://www.solarham.net/index.htm
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com iSWA:
http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html
Definition of Geomagnetic Storm, Radiation Storm, and Radio Blackout
Levels: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales/
None of this would be possible without the hard work and dedication of
those who have provided all of this data for public use.
Images c/o NASA/ESA/CSA (most notably the superb SDO, SOHO, ACE,
STEREO, CCMC, JPL & DSN teams, amazing professionals, hobbyists,
institutions, organizations, agencies and amateurs such as those at
the USAF/HAARP, NICT, NOAA, USGS, Environment Canada, Natural
Resources Canada, Intellicast, Catatania, rice.edu, wisc.edu,
sonoma.edu ucalgary.ca, rssi.ru, ohio-state.edu, solen.info, and more.
Thanks for making Space Weather part of our every day dialogue.