[HQRP] Fwd: Major storm in progress 7SEP

[Ed Manuel]

FYI, a good time to heat up the soldering iron.



>From: na5n@zianet.com
>Subject: Major storm in progress 7SEP
>
>Gang,
>A fairly strong shock wave hit earth today (mid morning), with a south
>facing magnetic field, which has triggered a MAJOR GEOMAGNETIC STORM.
>K=7.  This will trash the HF bands pretty bad for the rest of today.
>A proton flare thursday is still hurling massive amounts of protons at
>us, also causing poor conditions on HF, especially in the higher
>latitudes.  Combine these two factors, and there may be a chance of
>auroral activity this evening along the northern tier of states.
>Current auroral activity is quite intense (around 2200UTC) over
>eastern Europe, Australia, etc. (areas currently in the dark).  How
>long or severe it will persist is not known.
>Look at www.sec.noaa.gov/today.html for details.
>If the geomagnetic disturbance (K index) is still in the red, a
>geomagnetic storm continues, and aurora likely.  From this same page,
>you can click on the auroral estimate to see if it is persisting in
>your area.  The storm needs to be fueled another several hours,
>however, to ensure aurora this evening in the northern states.
>72, Paul NA5N
>