SPACE - S0 - 20201018 - Frequent Galactic Magnetic Reversals, Solar Forcing
Good Morning, 0bservers!
Solar wind speeds stayed in the 300-340 range most of yesterday, but after midnight UTC it bumped up toward 360 KPS. Still technically in the calm range. That might've been due to a Phi-Angle shift, as particle density, temperature, and even the KP-Index had a bit of a boost, albeit minor. The Index stays well in the low end of the green range, with enough of a breeze passing by to blow away those naughty cosmic rays (although the last two readings have been KP-0). Had a couple of X-Ray Flux readings that bumped up into the lower B Class flare range, far weaker than the mid-Class C readings from the departing bright spot. The Southern coronal hole passed the midpoint around midnight UTC, and the polar hole at the North is also dipped down enough to possibly have an effect on Earth in a couple of days as well. New bright spots rolling in from the Eastern lim, and the one already facing Earth is getting a bit more magnetic separation of the underlying sunspots. As to the lithosphere, a bit of a heads-up here: the Earthquake Prediction system is noting an elevated quake risk due to the coronal hole activity. Saw a bit of activity with a Mag 5.0 in the South Shetland Islands, and an off-shore Mag 5.5 about 50 miles WNW of El Alto Peru. Oh, and we just got a late-breaking Mag 5.1 170 miles from Alo, Wallis and Futana.
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