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spaceweather/ The movie shows a faint CME associated with the first X-flare emerging around 1200 UT. A second, brighter CME from the second X-flare quickly overtakes it, forming a cannibal CME. Computer models run yesterday by NOAA analysts suggest the merged storm cloud will reach Earth mid-day on June 13th. The glancing blow could spark polar geomagnetic storms. Meanwhile, more X-flares are in the offing. At least two sunspots (AR2080 and AR2087) have unstable delta-class magnetic fields that could erupt at any moment. The source of yesterdays X-flares, AR2087, is particularly potent, and it is turning toward Earth. Yep, tomorrow is Friday the 13th...
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:30:14 +0000

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