Solar activity has been moderate with most activity detected around Sunspot 1778. This region is showing signs of growth and was responsible for an impulse M2.9 flare June 21st and again June 23 at 20:56 UTC Sunday evening and a C9.9 flare this morning at 11:32 UTC. All other regions remain fairly stable. Sunspot 1773 decayed to a spotless plage. Sunspots 1772 and 1776 continue to make their way towards the west limb. There will remain a chance for C-Class flares and perhaps another isolated M-Class event.
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This is one of the best solar tornadoes I have observed. SDO/NASA captured at various infrared 304 Ångstrom. 171- 193 et al beginning June 3 to present June 6th 2013.
It is earth directed so whatever shock wave it will produce it is highly possible we will get a glancing blow around the 8th of June.
The auroras created from the shockwave should be beautiful as well as any possible sounds that are produced as the shockwave interacts with our geomagnetosphere causing a geomagnetic storm..
You all have a good week and weekend ahead and hope you catch some good aurora viewing.
On June 2nd at a high-speed (700 km/s) solar wind stream buffets Earth's magnetic field. The warning comes on the heels of a lengthy G2-class geomagnetic storm on May 31- and again June 1 sparked by the arrival of an interplanetary shock wave. The source of the shock is unknown. Although I do suspect it is from the coronal holes themselves. Current speculation focuses on a corotating interaction region (CIR)--that is, a shock-like transition zone between high- and low-speed solar wind streams. Whatever it was, the impact ignited some beautiful auroras,
June 1st, Northern Lights spilled across the Canadian border into more than a dozen US states, turning the sky purple and green as far south as Colorado and Nebraska. Subscribers to the Space Weather Alert System knew the storm was coming, but others were surprised:
Aurora Over Crater Lake National Park, OR
Taken by Brad Goldpaint on June 1, 2013 @ Crater Lake National Park, OR
Aurora
Taken by Robert Farrimond on May 31, 2013 @ Vantage, Washington
As solar maximum nears its peak we are anticipating whatever our heightened imagination can visualize.
Here is a little preview of the magnetic storm, solar flares at immense speed racing towards earth we can expect.
In which this event actually happened not too long ago last year in March 2012 with a CME at class M.8 (Understanding the Geomagnetic Storm)
