Halo CME on 20031028 - SOHO/LASCO C3 Data

COMMENTS: It looks to me that the Bz in the magnetic cloud will be positive (northward directed). If so, no significant storm. However, the absolute magnitude of the Bz should be really high! I'd say we are looking at at least 50nT or, quite possibly, more then that! Should I be wrong and the Bz turns negative, i.e. southward, we can get a really severe storm with the Dst of about -400nT or more! Now we have to leave, because of the SoCal fires, there is voluntary evacuation in Big Bear, so have to get moving. Is there a connection between the fire activity and solar activity these days? :)

1Numbers in red are estimates. Numbers in parenthesis (if any) are actual measured values
*These estimates should be compared to the observed 1 hour averaged ACE and Dst values

  • Real Time Dst from World Data Center for Geomagnetism, Kyoto
  • Predicted Dst from Nonlinear Dynamics and Space Physics group
  • Real Time ACE data
  • Today's Space Weather

    SOHO/LASCO C3 SOHO/LASCO C3 SOHO/LASCO C3
    Full Disk Halpha Full Disk SOHO/MDI Full Disk SOHO/EIT195
    Active Region Halpha Active Region SOHO/MDI Active Region /EIT195
    Images are courtesy of Active Region Monitor


    Automaticaly Generated on Tue Oct 28 09:15:41 2003
    Please, send questions and comments to Vasyl Yurchyshyn