[Scan-DC] Solar Flare

Wed, 5 Nov 2003 06:43:54 -0500

Somewhere you made a mistake.  One last week was a X17.2 and another was
X11.  At least that was what spaceweather.com said.
--
David L. Wilson  [email protected]
http://www.erols.com/dlwilson   AC4IU
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy Drzyzgula" <[email protected]>
To: "William D. Rossiter III" <[email protected]>; "Scan-DC (E-mail)"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Solar Flare


> 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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