{"id":264610,"date":"2025-11-06T02:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T02:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/264610\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T02:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T02:17:07","slug":"noaa-monitoring-disruptive-geomagnetic-storms-solar-flares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/264610\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAA monitoring disruptive geomagnetic storms, solar flares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nov. 5 (UPI) &#8212; A moderate solar flare might affect radio communications on Earth Wednesday after a pair of powerful solar flares disrupted radio communications in sunlit areas of the globe this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NOAA&#8217;s Space Weather Prediction Center said it recorded a moderate solar flare at 6:19 a.m. EST Wednesday from the sun&#8217;s AR 4274 region, but it is weaker than the two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/astronomy\/sun\/sun-unleashes-2-colossal-x-class-solar-flares-knocking-out-radio-signals-across-the-americas-and-pacific\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reported on Tuesday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">reported on Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wednesday&#8217;s solar flare has produced a partial halo coronal mass ejection that might &#8220;have some Earth-directed component to it,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/news\/another-r2-moderate-solar-flare-and-now-partial-halo-cme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the SWPC said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the SWPC said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This CME is currently under analysis to determine any Earth-directed threat and, if so, what level of geomagnetic response we might anticipate,&#8221; the center added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two larger solar flares on Tuesday disrupted radio communications in North and South America and from the North Pacific Ocean to Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The first occurred at 12:34 p.m. EST from sunspot AR4274, which disrupted radio communications in most sunlit areas of North and South America, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/astronomy\/sun\/sun-unleashes-2-colossal-x-class-solar-flares-knocking-out-radio-signals-across-the-americas-and-pacific\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to Space.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">according to Space.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A second solar flare occurred at 5:02 p.m. from a hidden area of the sun&#8217;s southeastern region and was weaker than the first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That flare caused a radio blackout across sunlit areas of the North Pacific Ocean to New Zealand and some of eastern Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Each solar flare released large plumes of magnetized plasma called coronal mass ejections that are not headed toward Earth, but their outer edges could interact with a solar wind that is moving fast and is predicted to cause geomagnetic storm conditions on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A solar flare is a large eruption of electromagnetic radiation from the sun and can last several minutes up to several hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sudden burst of electromagnetic energy travels at the speed of light and affects sunlit areas on Earth almost immediately upon eruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Such solar storms can produce more vibrant auroras during the nighttime hours, according to Space.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nov. 5 (UPI) &#8212; 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