[SFDXA] A 'CANYON OF FIRE' JUST OPENED ON THE SUN

[Bill]

> GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH (G1-CLASS): A minor geomagnetic storm is possible this week in response to a pair of approaching CMEs. The first CME, launched by an M4-class flare from departing sunspot AR2975, could graze Earth's magnetic field on April 6th. The second CME, flung away from the sun by an exploding filament of magnetism (described below), might deliver a glancing blow on April 7th. Their combined effect could produce  G1-class storming. Aurora alerts: SMS Text
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> A 'CANYON OF FIRE' JUST OPENED ON THE SUN: Yesterday, April 3rd, a filament of magnetism whipsawed out of the sun's atmosphere. On the way out it carved a gigantic canyon of fire. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the eruption:
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> The glowing walls of the canyon are at least 20,000 km high and 10 times as long. They trace the channel where the filament (R.I.P.) was previously suspended by magnetic forces inside the sun's atmosphere.
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> A coronal mass ejection (CME) has since emerged from the blast site. Here it is. The expanding cloud will probably sideswipe Earth's magnetic field on April 7th. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text
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> Solar wind
> speed: 470.1 km/sec
> density: 5.2 protons/cm3
> more data: ACE, DSCOVR
> Updated: Today at 1029 UT 
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> X-ray Solar Flares
> 6-hr max: C3 0745 UT Apr04 
> 24-hr: C6  1309 UT Apr03  
> explanation | more data
> Updated: Today at: 1035 UT 
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> Daily Sun: 04 Apr 22 
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> NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft is monitoring three ultraviolet hotspotsbehind the sun's eastern limb. These may be new sunspots poised to rotate onto the Earthside of the sun. Credit: SDO/HMI
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> Sunspot number: 129 
> What is the sunspot number?
> Updated 04 Apr 2022
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> Spotless Days
> Current Stretch: 0 days
> 2022 total: 0 days (0%)
> 2021 total: 64 days (18%)
> 2020 total: 208 days (57%)
> 2019 total: 281 days (77%)
> 2018 total: 221 days (61%)
> 2017 total: 104 days (28%)
> 2016 total: 32 days (9%) 
> 2015 total: 0 days (0%) 
> 2014 total: 1 day (<1%)
> 2013 total: 0 days (0%)
> 2012 total: 0 days (0%)
> 2011 total: 2 days (<1%)
> 2010 total: 51 days (14%)
> 2009 total: 260 days (71%)
> 2008 total: 268 days (73%) 
> 2007 total: 152 days (42%)
> 2006 total: 70 days (19%)
> Updated 04 Apr 2022
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> Thermosphere Climate Index
> today: 12.80x1010 W Neutral
> Max: 49.4x1010 W Hot (10/1957)
> Min: 2.05x1010 W Cold (02/2009)
> explanation | more data: gfx, txt
> Updated 03 Apr 2022
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> The Radio Sun 
> 10.7 cm flux: 140 sfu
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> Updated 04 Apr 2022
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> Cosmic Rays Solar Cycle 25 is beginning, and this is reflected in the number of cosmic rays entering Earth's atmosphere. Neutron counts from the University of Oulu's Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory show that cosmic rays reaching Earth are slowly declining--a result of the yin-yang relationship between the solar cycle and cosmic rays.
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> Oulu Neutron Counts
> Percentages of the Space Age average:
> today: +6.3% High
> 48-hr change: +0.1%
> Max: +11.7% Very High (12/2009)
> Min: -32.1% Very Low (06/1991)
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> Updated 04 Apr 2022 @ 0700 UT
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> Current Auroral Oval: 
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> Switch to: Europe, USA, New Zealand, Antarctica
> Credit: NOAA/Ovation
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> Planetary K-index
> Now: Kp= 3  quiet
> 24-hr max: Kp= 4 unsettled
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> Interplanetary Mag. Field
> Btotal: 5.0 nT
> Bz: -1.2 nT south 
> more data: ACE, DSCOVR
> Updated: Today at 1030 UT 
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> Coronal Holes: 04 Apr 22
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> Earth is entering a stream of solar wind flowing from the indicated coronal hole. Credit: SDO/AIA
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> Noctilucent Clouds 
> The southern season for noctilucent clouds is over. It ended on Feb. 20, 2022, concluding  the weakest NLC season in 14 years. The northern season will begin in late May..
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> Switch view: Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula, East Antarctica, Polar 
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> SPACE WEATHER
> NOAA Forecasts	
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> Updated at: 2022 Apr 03 2200 UTC
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> FLARE
> 0-24 hr
> 24-48 hr
> CLASS M
> 65 %
> 15 %
> CLASS X
> 25 %
> 05 %
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> Geomagnetic Storms:
> Probabilities for significant disturbances in Earth's magnetic field are given for three activity levels: active, minor storm, severe storm
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> Updated at: 2022 Apr 03 2200 UTC
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> Mid-latitudes 
> 0-24 hr
> 24-48 hr
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> 30 %
> 20 %
> MINOR
> 10 %
> 05 %
> SEVERE
> 01 %
> 01 %
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> High latitudes 
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> 24-48 hr
> ACTIVE
> 15 %
> 15 %
> MINOR
> 30 %
> 25 %
> SEVERE
> 40 %
> 30 %
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> https://spaceweather.com
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