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> On Sep 6, 2017, at 16:26, Nick Bright <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> http://www.spaceweather.com/
> 
> GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH (G3-CLASS): A CME hurled toward Earth by sunspot 
> AR2673 on Sept.4th is due to arrive later today. NOAA forecasters say the 
> CME's impact could spark moderately-strong G2-class geomagnetic storms with 
> isolated periods of strong G3-class storming on Sept. 6th and 7th. 
> High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras in bright moonlight. 
> Free: Aurora Alerts
> 
> MAJOR X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: On Sept. 6th at 1202 UT, sunspot AR2673 unleashed 
> a major X9.3-class solar flare--the strongest solar flare in more than a 
> decade. X-rays and UV radiation from the blast ionized the top of Earth's 
> atmosphere, causing a strong shortwave radio blackout over Europe, Africa and 
> the Atlantic Ocean: blackout map.
> 
> Analysis is still underway but this event may have directed a large CME 
> towards earth. A direct CME strike from an X9 class flare could cause a G5+ 
> geomagnetic storm; which could cause 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_storm#Geomagnetic_storm_effects
> 
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