[Scan-DC] Solar Flare

[Cathy Drzyzgula]

I think last week's flare was actually the 'third largest in this solar 
cycle (11 year cycles), but that got overstated in the media.  The flare 
last week was and X8; today's flare is listed as an X17.4 plus. and it 
saturated the sensors for 11 minutes, so I would guess this means that its 
true intensity couldn't be measured.  This one probably will  go in the 
record books.  As for the forecast see: 
http://www.sel.noaa.gov/forecast.html, it doesn't sound like major 
interuptions are expected, because of the change in angle.

Cathy

At 06:10 PM 11/4/2003, William D. Rossiter III wrote:
>X17.4 Flare (or Coronal Mass Ejection) Occured 19:53 UTC, Today, November 4,
>2003.
>
>This flare has either tied or will replace last week's flare and subsequent
>record of "third largest flare ever observed".
>
>I have no idea about what to expect in the next 24 hours in terms of aurora
>or radio propagation, but I do know that this flare will not hit earth "dead
>on" like last week's.
>
>73,
>Bill (KB3ITA)
>
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