Alert: 50% Chance Of X-Flares During The Next 24 Hours!

In only two days, sunspot AR1748 has produced four. The latest X-flare from this active sunspot occured on May 15th at 0152 UT.

NOAA forecasters estimate an 80% chance of M-flares and a 50% chance of X-flares during the next 24 hours.

FLARE 0-24 hr 24-48 hr
CLASS M 80 % 80 %
CLASS X 50 % 50 %

http://spaceweather.com/images2013/15may13/x1_anim.GIF?PHPSESSID=sa97er1o2l3bvdmtlq0m6ed3t5

http://spaceweather.com/

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/pro_3d.html

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_1m.html

What If the Biggest Solar Storm on Record Happened Today?
Repeat of 1859 Carrington Event would devastate modern world, experts say.

Solar Flare Would Rupture Earth’s “Cyber Cocoon”

To begin with, the University of Colorado’s Baker said, electrical disturbances as strong as those that took down telegraph machines—”the Internet of the era”—would be far more disruptive. (See “The Sun—Living With a Stormy Star” in National Geographic magazine.)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110302-solar-flares-sun-storms-earth-danger-carrington-event-science/

Read more at http://investmentwatchblog.com/alert-50-chance-of-x-flares-during-the-next-24-hours/#b1yUCKDggZGS0mol.99