Wow, what a day for flares. An M1, M2, and now an M8 event all in the
last 8 hours. The M8 event peaked at 1955z, however 2000z SFI numbers
didn't seem to be overinflated, at 152. Possibly higher later in the
day.
That's the good news. The bad news is that there are big ejections en
route that will impact the earth sometime between 2200z Friday and 1200z
Saturday...yes that is right before this weekend's CW SS.
Major storming conditions forcast, my guess is possibly K=6 or 7 at the
peak, and probably a nice aurora too.
All this means that things will be different for SS this weekend, keep
your ears open for VE8/VY1 and KL7, because they won't be loud if this
hits as hard as predicted.
73
David Jones, KK7GW
kk7gw@hotmail.com
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