A CME propelled toward Earth by the "solstice solar flare" -Incoming C-7 Class Solar Flare Heading Toward Earth

A CME propelled toward Earth by the "solstice solar flare" of June 21st may be moving slower than originally thought. Analysts at the GSFC Space Weather Lab have downgraded the cloud's probable speed from 800 km/s to 650 km/s. Impact is now expected on June 24th at 0700 UT plus or minus 7 hours. In this animated forecast model, the yellow dot is Earth:

A slower CME should deliver a weaker blow to Earth's magnetic field. Forecasters now predict a relatively mild G1-class (Kp=5) geomagnetic storm when the cloud arrives. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras during the early hours of June 24. The season favors observers in the southern hemisphere where solstice skies are winter-dark.

Magnetic fields above sunspot complex 1236 erupted during the early hours of June 21st, producing aC7-class solar flare and a full-halo CME. The expanding cloud is heading almost directly toward Earth.

Magnetic fields above sunspot complex 1236 erupted during the early hours of June 21st, producing a C7-class solar flare and a full-halo CME. The expanding cloud is heading almost directly toward Earth and could trigger polar geomagnetic storms when it reaches Earth on or about June 23rd

The impact is expected to trigger a G2-class (Kp=6) geomagnetic storm.

Source and author:spaceweather

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