Bloody hell.
I'm disappointed that this solar wind impact from a succession on Coronal Mass Ejections spat out by the Sun will happen in the middle of the day here in New Zealandso I won't see the aurora at it's peak.
On the other hand I'm pleased that the other side of the planet will wear it. Sorry you lot. #CME#aurora
THE POLAR VORTEX IS SPINNING BACKWARDS: Earlier this month, atmospheric scientists noticed something unusual in the Arctic stratosphere. The polar vortex was spinning backward.
"The vortex changed direction around March 4th," reports Dr. Amy Butler, author of NOAA's Polar Vortex Blog. "It was a substantial reversal, reaching -20.5 m/s a few days ago, which puts it in the top 6 strongest such events since 1979."
This screenshot from the now frozen Wajima webcam on Japan's Noto Peninsula appears to show damaged boats following the M7.4 #earthquake and resultant #tsunami warning.
"MAJOR X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: Mere hours after emerging over the sun's eastern limb on Dec. 31st, big sunspot AR3536 erupted, producing a major X5-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash:
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Radiation from the flare has caused a deep shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean: blackout map. Ham radio operators may notice loss of signal at all frequencies below 30 MHz for more than 60 minutes after the flare's peak (2155 UT).
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Another Earth directed CME is predicted to arrive on 11Nov2023 at 1800GMT. That's 12Nov2023 7:00am in New Zealand so possibly no good for us.
The modelled prediction for the 5Nov2023 CME arrival significantly underestimated the speed such that CME arrived during NZ darkness triggering a display seen across much of the country and in high latitude areas around the world over the next 24 hours.
The current prediction shows a less intense impact, but ... #aurora#CME https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa-enlil-solar-wind-prediction
"This #earthquake can have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.
GDACS ID EQ 1390643
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Depth: 18.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.1095 , -8.4404
Event Date: 08 Sep 2023 22:11 UTC
08 Sep 2023 23:11 Local
Exposed Population: 160 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 08 Sep 2023 22:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity: 5 (Morocco)"