3MIN News: Huge Solar Eruption As Another One Strikes Earth ~ March 15, 2013

The REAL Climate Changer: http://youtu.be/_yy3YJBOw_o
Ice Age Soon? http://youtu.be/UuYTcnN7TQk
An Unlikely but Relevant Risk – The Solar Killshot: http://youtu.be/X0KJ_dxp170

TODAY’s LINKS:
Mercury: http://www.universetoday.com/100733/a…
Volcanic Lightning: http://www.weather.com/news/science/n… [Martin Rietze]
Feb Temps: http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail2…

CME IMPACT: As expected, a coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth’s magnetic field on March 15th at approximately 0500 UT. The impact was weak, but conditions for geomagnetic storming could develop as Earth passes through the CME’s wake. High latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras on March 15th and 16th. Aurora alerts: text, voice.

POSSIBLE EARTH-DIRECTED CME: A magnetic filament snaking around sunspot AR1692 erupted on March 15th at about 0600 UT. The slow explosion, which took hours to unfold, produced an M1-class solar flare and a bright CME. SOHO (the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) captured the CME just as it was leaving the sun:

The central location of the explosion combined with multiple views of the CME from SOHO and NASA’s twin STEREO spacecraft suggest that the cloud is heading almost directly toward Earth. If so, an impact would likely occur in 2 to 3 days, setting the stage for weekend auroras. Stay tuned for refined estimates of the arrival time. Aurora alerts: text, voice.

http://www.spaceweather.com/