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What's the latest
- The coronal mass ejection (CME) arrived at Earth early Thursday morning at approximately 5:45am ET.
- Fortunately, according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center, the orientation of the magnetic field has been opposite of what is needed to cause the strongest storming.
- A G1 warning (minor impact on satellites) has been issued through Thursday evening by NOAA's SWPC. It is still believed that the CME could reach a G3-magnitude geomagnetic storm.
What happened?
- The sun let loose an intense solar flare on Tuesday, March 6 at 7:28pm ET from sunspot 1429.
- This is 2nd largest flare during this current solar activity cycle.
Magnitude of event
- This eruption from the sun has been classified as an X5.4-class solar flare.
- X-class flares are the strongest classification of solar flares.
Maybe this is why Gungame DM was lagging for me earlier today.
"Nobody really knows what they're doing. We're all just trying to figure out what makes us happy."
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