SPACE - S0 - 20201006 - Air Force: It's The Sun, Global Warming Oops
Good Morning, 0bservers!
Solar winds stayed mostly in the 340-380 KPS range yesterday, but did a bit of a slowdown after midnight UTC to around 320 KPS. There was a rise in particle density and temperature, but those appear due to Phi Angle activity. That activity actually increased the KP-Index into the minor solar storm category, with two KP-4 (yellow) readings in mid-evening and the early morning hours. You can see the effect as well on the GOES Magnetometer, where the field strength peaked near the same time at almost 140 nanoTeslas. The X-Ray Flux has calmed a bit to the lower end of the Class A flare range. And the Electron Flux has finally dropped below the threshold after four solid days above it. Not seeing any new sunspot or magnetic anomalies on the SDO HMI Magnetogram or the Solar Visible Disc images. The videos are showing very little in the bright spot range on the current facing disc, with the Northern bright spot crossing the Western lim today. Lots of incoming glow on the Eastern lim, but nothing fully showing as yet. There's also very little in the way of coronal hole development. So, let's enjoy this breather while we can. No such pause from the lithosphere, though, with a Mag 5.2 off New Caledonia, another Mag 5.2 along the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, a third Mag 5.2 in the South Shetland Islands, a FOURTH Mag 5.2 (must've been a sale...) about 90 miles East of Leh, India, a Mag 5.6 along the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and a Mag 5.8 about 30 miles Southeast of Sand Point Alaska with a Mag 5.6 aftershock shortly afterward.
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