[South Florida DX Association] Intense Solar Activity Continues

[Bill Marx]

 Space Weather News for Sept. 10, 2005

 Solar activity remains very high and shows no signs of abating.  Sunspot
798/808 has unleashed seven X-class solar flares since Sept. 7th.
Forecasters say there's a 75% chance of more X-flares during the next 24
hours, possibly causing radio blackouts and radiation storms.
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> Coronal mass ejections hurled into space by these explosions could hit
Earth's magnetic field in the days ahead.  Sky watchers, particularly in
northern places like Canada and Alaska, should remain alert for auroras. The
best time to look is  local midnight.
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> The sun's 27-day rotation is slowly turning sunspot 798  to face Earth.
Explosions in the coming week will be increasingly Earth-directed, raising
the possibility of geomagnetic storms and auroras over the continental
United States, Europe and Australia.