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Another CME.
Oct. 28th, 2003 10:22 pmThere was, apparently, another sizable coronal mass ejection this morning.
If you look at this page, you'll see a pretty picture. As I type, the Activity Level at the left side is at 9. Two days ago I think it was at 6. It might be worth seeing if the sky's clear a bit later on. Apparently (according to this page) the activity level needs to be ten to have a decent chance of seeing the aurora from Edinburgh (don't laugh, though : I've seen it happen). It's cloudy here at the moment, as well. Their plots page lists power estimates - 85 GW a couple of hours back. You could make more than a few slices of toast on that sort of output.
"Estimated power inputs as high as 500 gigawatts have been recorded into a single auroral region."
Ouch.
If you look at this page, you'll see a pretty picture. As I type, the Activity Level at the left side is at 9. Two days ago I think it was at 6. It might be worth seeing if the sky's clear a bit later on. Apparently (according to this page) the activity level needs to be ten to have a decent chance of seeing the aurora from Edinburgh (don't laugh, though : I've seen it happen). It's cloudy here at the moment, as well. Their plots page lists power estimates - 85 GW a couple of hours back. You could make more than a few slices of toast on that sort of output.
"Estimated power inputs as high as 500 gigawatts have been recorded into a single auroral region."
Ouch.
