Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10908 invoked from network); 28 May 2003 09:01:10 -0000 Received: from netmail01.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.219) by mailstore with SMTP; 28 May 2003 09:01:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 22128 invoked by uid 10001); 28 May 2003 09:01:10 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail01.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 28 May 2003 09:01:10 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 19Kwmr-0003OL-21 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 28 May 2003 09:59:57 +0100 Received: from [194.73.73.147] (helo=einsteinium.btinternet.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19Kwmm-0003OC-0x for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 28 May 2003 09:59:52 +0100 Received: from host213-122-215-80.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([213.122.215.80] helo=Main) by einsteinium.btinternet.com with smtp (Exim 3.22 #23) id 19Kwml-0002al-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 28 May 2003 09:59:51 +0100 Message-ID: <001b01c324f7$73cad2e0$6507a8c0@Main> From: "Alan Melia" To: "LF-Group" Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 09:59:28 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: re Flares Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0tests=noneversion=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Hi Laurence thanks for the report. Your results mirror mine for daytime flare activity. As the "active ingredient" is EM radiation the effect is only felt in the daylight hemisphere. We were in darkness over the T/A path to CFH so nothing shows on that. Last night the path to CFH opened a lot later for just about 2 hours, but levels were better. I expect that propagation conditions will be knocked back in about 3 days time when the CME from that flare arrives. Depending on the direction of its magnetic field it could be good for a major storm (Kp= 7 or higher). If so that will really depress conditions again for some time. Cheers de Alan G3NYK alan.melia@btinternet.com