Sunspot 1092
Had a massive eruption last Sunday.
The solar storm from this is due to reach the UK around 11pm (23:00) GMT and North America 5pm (PDT) tomorrow 4th Aug.
As well as a good chance of seeing the "northern lights" over the UK and N America this storm is going to ionise the atmosphere like crazy.
If NASA have their projections about this correct, bands will be opening like never before for 24-36 hours during this event.
A lot of hype with this news release.
Yep, good for auroral propagation, a downer for most of us on HF. This is an impending magnetic storm, and not a real big one in the scheme of things (the flare was only C3 level). Sunspot 1092 is a pretty lifeless affair as far as things go and the F layer ain't going to be bouncing much off of it when those A and K indices start climbing
Last edited by M0TTB; Tue 3rd Aug 2010 at 18:53.
http://www.andybright.com/m6bbc.html A bit silly but it whiled away a hot Sunday afternoon.
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