NOTE: NOAA update is 55% chance of MClass and 10% chance of X Class flares as of this morning. As SuspiciousObservers states (video below) the Flares are just part of the space weather that is currently active. We have a rather large coronal hole directly earth facing and spitting out all sorts of stuff our way- should reach us in two days time- and several HUGE gamma bursts coming in- including the largest one ever measured!
A long duration, moderate, solar flare reaching M1.3 peaked at 16:53 UTC on May 3, 2013. The source of the event was Region 1731 still classified as Beta-Gamma-Delta and capable of more strong eruptions. This region has rotated out of the Sun’s central disk area toward western limb.
Before that event ended an impulsive and strong M5.7 solar flare erupted and peaked at 17:32 UTC. The source is probably old Region 1719 located on the Sun’s eastern limb. A Type II radio emission was associated with the event which typically indicates Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) . If CME was generated it should not be Earth directed.
NOAA SWPC forecasters estimate 30% chance for M-class solar flare, and 5% for an X-class today.
Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF
Serial Number: 186
Issue Time: 2013 May 03 1732 UTC
ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5
Threshold Reached: 2013 May 03 1729 UTC
NOAA Scale: R2 – Moderate
Potential Impacts: Area of impact centered on sub-solar point on the sunlit side of Earth. Extent of blackout of HF (high frequency) radio communication dependent upon current X-ray Flux intensity.
Strong M5.7 Solar Flare Detected A strong solar flare reaching M5.7 was just detected around old Sunspot 1719 near the northeast limb at 17:32 UTC [VIDEO]. Because this region is not squarely Earth facing, any associated CME may be directed mostly away from Earth. I will provide more updates should there be a plasma cloud associated, and if so, if there is an earthbound component. This is the second M-Class flare within the hour with the first being centered around Sunspot 1731.
CME Update: The M5 event around old Sunspot 1719 did generate a Coronal Mass Ejection. As expected, the plasma cloud appears to be directed mostly towards the east and away from Earth. Click HERE for an image by Lasco C2.
ALERT: Type II Radio Emission Begin Time: 2013 May 03 1745 UTC Estimated Velocity: 1297 km/s Description: Type II emissions occur in association with eruptions on the sun and typically indicate a coronal mass ejection is associated with a flare event.
I highly recommend watching SuspiciousObservers two videos from today- while the sun spots seem to be snoozing, we have a rather large Coronal hole directly earth facing and puking out all kinds of stuff our way, and we just got hit with double punch of gamma bursts plus a huge Cosmic ray influx.
I started writing this article yesterday, and then got side tracked by Life the Universe and Everything. Our lovely Sol is tossing off solar flares once again after a very short break. Two M Class flares- 1.0 & 1.2 two days ago, and an M 2.2 late last night. But even during the small break from flares, the sun has been sending a constant stream of CMEs from filaments tearing off. Not all the CMEs have been Earth facing, but there have been a fair share that have been- we are expecting two directly earth facing CMEs today through to tomorrow and some minor geomagnetic activity.
Daily Sun: 28 Nov 12
Fast growing sunspot AR1620 has a beta-gamma-delta magnetic field that harbors energy for X-class solar flares. Credit: SDO/HMI
November 27 CME seen on SOHO’s LASCO C2 and LASCO C3 coronographs (Credit: SOHO/LASCO)
More M-class flares will probably occur in the coming 48 hours in one or both of these active regions. NOAA/SWPC forecasters estimate 35% chance of M-class and 5% chance of X-class solar flares.
Region 1623 also grew significantly in areal coverage but the magnetic complexity is difficult to determine with its proximity to the limb.
Active region view, November 28, 2012 (Source: SDO’s HMI Intensitygram)
A proton event is possible in case of a strong flare in any of these two sunspot groups due to their position in the western solar hemisphere. The Earth is currently inside a slow (around 380 km/s) solar wind flow with average (around 4 nT) interplanetary magnetic field magnitude.
The arrival of the interplanetary shock driven by the ICME corresponding to the partial halo CME observed on the Sun yesterday is expected on November 30, 2012. As a result we can expect active to minor storm geomagnetic conditions. Isolated unsettled periods are possible through December 1, 2012 due to coronal hole high-speed stream effects.
"Isolated unsettled periods are possible through December 1, 2012 due to coronal hole high-speed stream effects." I highlighted that last sentence because I think it's important to note that we have a massive coronal hole now direct earth facing and sending a constant stream of high speed energy our way.
Coronal Holes: 28 Nov 12
Here is SuspiciousObservers update for today:
Skywatchers88 put together this excellent video outlining the solar activity on the 27th- amazing visuals of our sun dancing the energy our way:
I have always thought that solar energy is one of the greatest factors in our evolution of consciousness- hence my intense interest in Sol's endless dance of light. Reading Daniel's paper on "Geoengineering, Chemtrails, HAARP, World Orders, Time Lines & Ascension" really gave me a boost of "Eureka!!" as he directly linked the activity on and in our sun to the energetic changes happening to us, our planet, and our solar system. This article also gives a simple explanation (although not quite accurate) of these effects:
A Renaissance in Consciousness Solar cycles and their activity play an intimate part in the unfoldment of human consciousness. Solar flares affect the Central Nervous System (stomach lining), all brain activity (including equilibrium), all human and animal behavior and all psychophysiological (mental-emotional-physical) response. Solar flares can cause some people to be nervous, anxious, worrisome, jittery, irritable, lethargic, to have short term memory loss, to feel nauseous, queasy, and have prolonged head pressure or head aches. They can also cause trouble with the radio, phone, Internet, computers, and all forms of communication--both human and technological. Solar activity can also be stimulating, invigorating, illuminating, and create a heightened sense of awareness, and it can enhance vision and creativity tremendously. It especially stimulates the pineal gland in the brain, which is our center of vision and creativity. The pineal gland is a "neuroendocrine transducer" that converts gravitational-magnetic signals into chemical hormonal responses that control, via the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland. The pituitary is the master control center of the brain that governs the rest of the neurological system. This information expresses into the cellular structure of the individual--essentially into the molecular matrix of the cell in a "DNA Illumination Sequence" that is responsible for our evolutionary awakening. The pituitary is the administrative seat controlling cellular memory, and hence, the remembrance / emergence of our true selves. How a person experiences enhanced solar activity is a function of the resonance of their physical neurology. If a person is crystalized with mental, emotional and physical blockages, then increase solar activity may seem uncomfortable. It is like trying to get something to improve in vibrational resonance that has resistance to do so. It a person has a more refined neurological resonance, that is for people that have done the inner work to clear mental, emotional and physical crystallizations, then enhanced solar activity is enlivening, and gives one a heightened perceptual awareness. In addition, if a person's pineal gland is severely calcified, which is common amongst most humans and generally occurs at age six, partly due to the stifling of extra-sensory awareness and creativity when very young, then the pineal is not able to respond (vibrate) to increase "light" solar activity as it should. Solar activity, although dramatic, catalyzes, and is essential for our evolutionary process by stimulating radical change and transformation in the organizational foundation of matter, energy and consciousness. Solar activity plays an intimate role along with the dynamic transition in Earth's precessional cycle, and the erect precessional cross which occurred around 1998-2000 A.D. and which began the "time of change" in Earth's ~25,000-year "Evolutionary Cycle of the Soul." Solar flare activity and other stellar explosions (supernovas) are the primary catalysts that stimulate a renaissance in consciousness. They provide cosmic impulses that supports the evolutionary maturation of the incarnate soul--the illumination of consciousness that we all seek. Remember, solar activity illuminates consciousness, dissolving duality's paradox - the fear and judgment based monsters within are consumed in Light - old patterns of behavior vanish, while true elegance and majesty of self emerges.
Unconditional Love banishes Fear - a choice.
Choose a new octave of participation in harmony and beauty,
above the raging tempest of the old world.
So as I've said before, if you're feeling the physical effects of all this amazing solar energy, slow down, take it easy and rest as much as possible. One of my favourite things to do is to go outside and sit back and close my eyes and feel the sun on my face. Imagining it bathing me in positive energy, feeling it flow into me, energizing me. ..... and a little Vitamin D never hurts either!
