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Saturday, February 5, 2011

KP 6!!! GEOMAGNETIC STORM ONSETS


SEVERE SOLARWX
AKSHAY DEORAS
Severe Weather Forecaster


Kp indicators showed a classic value of 6 ( G2 Geomagnetic storm) on late night period of 4th Feb 2011.
From a settled value of 2, graph jumped to 6 when the solar wind stream hit the earth at around 2100hrs UTC. Value of 5 ( G1) was recorded at around 11:59PM and then at 4 at around 3AM (UTC) this morning.

KP values greater than 4 indicate Geomagnetic storm.

HIGH LATITUDE OBSERVERS MUST REMAIN ALERT FOR SPARKLING AURORAS AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

Solar Wind arrived late than expected between 1-4th Feb.
Space Weather Predictions need more accuracy for sure!



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