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Space Weather Warning

Posted by Zonk on from the going-to-have-to-cancel-my-space-picnic dept.

SallyMac writes "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a Space Weather Warning. On Friday, May 13th, NOAA detected a 'geomagnetic storm of extreme proportions'. From the article: 'This event registered a 9 on the K-Index, which measures the maximum deviation of the Earth's magnetic field in a given three-hour period...The scale ranges from 0 to 9, with 9 being the highest. This was a significant event.' See the article on the NOAA site for more information." Spaceweather.com has details on the resulting auroras.

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  1. Northen lights by Brtchlin · · Score: 5, Informative

    i guess that would explain the light show we saw up here in western canada tonight, very vibrant greens, blues, yellows violets and all dancing like mad. I wonder if anyone else in the world is getting them as well?

  2. Wrong write-up by Chran · · Score: 5, Informative

    Noooo ... A solar flare occured Friday, leading to a forecast about the K-9 geomagnetic storm which occured yesterday. Thanks for reading the articles before posting to Slashdot. Woohoo!

  3. Re:I need to find a new primary news source. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sign up to the Spaceweather list at http://science.nasa.gov/news/subscribe.asp?checked =sw