[NLRS] LARGE Solar flare alert - Aurora probable.

[jcplatt1@mmm.com]

>From the Solar Terrestrial Activity Report at  http://www.dxlc.com/solar/ a
MAJOR solar flare has occurred ..... a partial cut & paste is below:

Region 10486 was the source of a major M8.4 long duration event peaking at
10:48 UTC. This event occurred in the eastern part of the region and may
have triggered a superflare in the remainder of the region, this flare
peaked at 11:10 UTC. This superflare has so far peaked at the class X18
level which makes it the second largest flare during cycle 23. The event is
likely to be associated with an enormous earth directed CME. The CME will
likely reach the Earth sometime between 8 and 17 UTC on October 29. This
will be a direct hit and extremely severe geomagnetic storming is possible.

Note the time for the probable CME impact ...... between 8 and 17 UTC on
Oct 29, and that it will most likely be a direct impact with severe
storming.   CQ AU CQ AU.

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73, Jon
W0ZQ