uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) (uk.sci.weather) For the discussion of daily weather events, chiefly affecting the UK and adjacent parts of Europe, both past and predicted. The discussion is open to all, but contributions on a practical scientific level are encouraged.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Old October 24th 03, 07:11 AM posted to uk.sci.astronomy,uk.sci.weather
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by Weather-Banter: Aug 2003
Posts: 520
Default Strong Geomagnetic Storm Expected To Hit Earth Fri


23:23 23Oct2003 DJN-DJ Strong Geomagnetic Storm Expected To Hit Earth Fri

DJ Strong Geomagnetic Storm Expected To Hit Earth Fri
BOULDER, Colo. (AP)--A strong geomagnetic storm was expected to hit
Earth on Friday with the potential to affect electrical grids and satellite
communications.
One of the largest sunspot clusters in years developed over the past
three days and produced a coronal mass ejection, similar to a solar flare,
at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT) Wednesday, forecasters at the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration said.
The disturbance was expected to produce a geomagnetic storm rated G3. A
G5 storm is the strongest.
The storm could make the aurora visible as far south as Oregon and
Illinois in the U.S..
A coronal mass ejection is an explosion of gas and charged particles
into space from the corona, the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.
A second sunspot cluster not yet visible from Earth could produce more
geomagnetic storms in the next two weeks, NOAA said.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires





  #2   Report Post  
Old October 24th 03, 12:09 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by Weather-Banter: Sep 2003
Posts: 32
Default Strong Geomagnetic Storm Expected To Hit Earth Fri

This site http://www.spaceweather.com/ will give you a more balanced look at
the news story. More here too: http://www.spacew.com/

Steven


  #3   Report Post  
Old October 24th 03, 01:40 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by Weather-Banter: Jul 2003
Posts: 40
Default Strong Geomagnetic Storm Expected To Hit Earth Fri

Elysium Fossa wrote:
This site http://www.spaceweather.com/ will give you a more balanced
look at the news story. More here too: http://www.spacew.com/

Steven


This is the BBCs' take..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3210901.stm




Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Geomagnetic reversal P.Chortik[_2_] uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 0 January 31st 17 01:20 PM
Geomagnetic storm to impact today. Dawlish uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 5 January 25th 12 11:43 PM
GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS to end by 16th Dec flybywire uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 1 December 15th 06 12:17 PM
Severe Geomagnetic Storm Expected Richie uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 5 December 14th 06 06:19 PM
Charley's winds hit citrus growers with strong economic punch Psalm 110 sci.geo.meteorology (Meteorology) 0 August 24th 04 12:08 AM


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:23 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 Weather Banter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Weather"

 

Copyright © 2017