Hi all the following from Spaceweather.com
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Space Weather News for October 11, 2001
http://www.spaceweather.com
A solar wind shock wave, spawned by a coronal mass ejection (CME) that
left the Sun on October 9th, swept past Earth today between 1630 and 1700
UT (12:30 and 1:00 pm EDT). Sky watchers, especially those living above
geomagnetic latitude 50 degrees, should watch for Northern Lights after
sunset. (The best time to spot auroras is usually around local midnight.)
The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) near Earth turned sharply south as
the CME disturbance passed our planet. South-pointing IMFs often
intensify geomagnetic activity, which makes this event a promising one to
watch. Visit spaceweather.com for details and updates.
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The result shows as a Kp of 5 for 6 hours (1500 -2100z) today (Thursday),
this should not be too long lived and will probably not show its RF effects
before Saturday night. Maybe it will enhace daytime levels for the HF
Convention station during the daytime Sunday. So if you dont work them on
Saturday, then Sunday might be better. It should be in evidence depressing
levels by Sunday night.
Cheers de Alan G3NYK
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