[HQRP] Fwd: SEVERE Storming in Progress

[Ed Manuel (N5EM)]

FYI, Ed, N5EM

>From: "Paul Harden, NA5N" <na5n@rt66.com>
>
>Gang,
>A coronal mass ejection (CME) from a relatively small C-class flare
>on 20 May impacted the earth nearly "dead on" with the shock wave
>arriving on 23 May around 1800 UTC.  This shock wave and subsequent
>solar wind has been around 700 km/s and changing the magnetic
>orientation of the solar wind (from the normal northward component
>to southward), triggering major disturbances to our magnetic field.
>
>This has caused SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC STORMING since 23 May 1800 UTC
>with the K index being 6 to 7 since the onset.  This is a SEVERE
>geomagnetic storm level and near black out conditions on HF.  It
>is expected to persist the rest of this UTC day (24 May).
>
>AURORA WATCHES have been issued, with aurora POSSIBLY visable
>tonight (wednesday) into the northern tier of US states around
>local midnight and northern Europe.
>
>When this geomagnetic storm ceases, it will favor some good low
>power DX communications on the HF bands.  Solar flux is still
>above 200 for the next few days (at the peak of this 28-day solar
>rotation), combined with the unusually quiet conditions that seems
>to follow a major geomagnetic storm.
>
>Plots showing the geomagnetic activity (K and A indexes), solar
>flux and solar wind data can be seen at:
>
>   www.dxlc.com  (click on solar data)
>   www.sec.noaa.gov/today.html
>   www.spaceweather.com
>
>Gotta run - today is the 20th anniversary of the dedication of the
>Very Large Array (VLA) radiotelescope, and the busses leaving for
>the site (and more important, the BBQ lunch!) leaves in a few
>minutes.  And since I'm one of the few left here from the original
>construction crew in 1977-1980, I get a pin and free t-shirt to
>boot -hi.  So don't sweat the bands -- they're dead, nothing wrong
>with your coax, but will be recovering later today.
>
>72 to all,
>Paul NA5N
>
>
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