June 15 midday: Possible Aurora at mid latitudes

Our Sun wakes up big time!

As of June 13, 2022 update, the long duration M3.43 flare from AR3032 produced Coronal Mass Ejections or CME. CME has the power of 20 million nuclear bombs. They are located near the surface of the sun driven by kinks in the solar magnetic field. For those of you who don't know what a solar magnetic field is, it is the magnetic field generated by the sun's electric currents that spreads throughout the solar system. This field causes activity at the surface of the sun, surging and ebbing at a regular cycle. The sun's magnetic field has two poles like that of a typical bar magnet. During the time of maximum sunspot activity, the poles flip at the peak of the cycle every 11 years.

What was the effect of these solar flares on earth?

Extreme ultraviolet radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere causing a shortwave radio blackout over Japan and Southeast Asia. Radio operators in the area may have noticed unusual propagation effects at the frequencies below 30MHz for more than an hour after the flare's peak.

satellite images from spaceweatherstation.com

What is a solar flare?

A solar flare is an intense burst of radiation, or light, on the Sun. Flares are our solar system’s most powerful explosive events – the most powerful flares have the energy equivalent of a billion hydrogen bombs, enough energy to power the whole world for 20,000 years.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/solarcycle25/2022/06/

It is estimated that this CME might provide a glancing blow to earth's magnetic field today June 15, 2022 according to NOAA computer models.

There might be a chance for possible appearance of Aurora Borealis at mid latitudes.