[Oremem/Idamem] Geomagnetic storm update

[ke7et]

Here is the latest data. Storm is still on the way. Its severity will depend
on the magnetic field orientation within the cloud mass headed this way.Read
for more info:
IN SPACE, 28-OCT-2003: In this handout from the Solar & Heliospheric
Observatory, a major solar eruption is shown in progress October 28, 2003.
This X18 flare is the strongest flare since August 16, 1989 when a X20 flare
occurred. A large coronal mass ejection (CME) has been hurled towards the
Earth and could hit the Earth's magnetosphere by October 30. Until the
orientation of the magnetic field in this cloud is known, the severity of
the Geomagnetic Storm will be unknown. If the cloud has a southward-directed
magnetic field it will be severe, but if it has a northward component it
will not affect the Earth that much.

Howard Philipson ke7et/AAM0OR OR ASMD