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thewebkid

19th January 2012, 19:56

EARTH-DIRECTED SOLAR FLARE: Active sunspot 1401 erupted today, Jan. 19th, between 15:15 and 16:30 UT. The long-duration blast produced an M3-class solar flare and a CME that appears to be heading toward Earth.

http://www.spaceweather.com/

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thewebkid

20th January 2012, 20:09

Update: Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab say strong geomagnetic storms are possible when the cloud arrives this weekend. Their animated forecast track (http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/downloads/20120119_183400_anim.tim-den.gif) predicts an impact on Jan. 21st at 22:30 UT (+/- 7 hrs).