[SFDXA] NEW SUNSPOT IMMEDIATELY EXPLODES

[Bill]


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> CME IMPACT POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND: A minor coronal mass ejection (CME) is expected to hit Earth this weekend. It left the sun on June 29th, propelled toward us by a B7-class solar flare.The impact will probably be too weak to cause a geomagnetic storm, but high-latitude auroras are likely on July 3rd or 4th.  Aurora alerts: SMS Text. 
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> NEW SUNSPOT IMMEDIATELY EXPLODES: A new sunspot emerged during the early hours of July 3rd, right here, and immediately exploded. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash:
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> The C7-class solar flare briefly ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere, causing a shortwave radio blackout around the western rim of the Pacific Ocean: blackout map. Mariners, aviators, and amateur radio operators may have noticed unusual propagation effects below 20 MHz just after 0231 UT. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text.
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> Spaceweather.com
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