NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center forecast model run, Jan 23, 2012

This animation depicts results from a solar wind forecast model used at NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center, to predict when an event on the sun's outer atmosphere (center) may reach Earth (right) and cause a geomagnetic storm. This model run, initiated 1 am EST Monday Jan. 23, shows the brunt of the space weather system reaching Earth on Tuesday morning, Jan. 24, about 9 am EST. Credit: NOAA and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. More: http://go.usa.gov/nc3, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

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[SLOrion78]

@MaskedSanity19 it was daylight hours when it was forecasted to hit. so yeah im sure

[LookiChannel]

you saying to nite sh*t is gona hit the Fan!!? I can sense It!

[LookiChannel]

you saying to nite shit is gona hit the Fan!!?

[no1ukdaz]

That's incorrect I'm afraid. The S3 event we are having right now is the result of a M8.9 flare which happened on the 22nd from region 1402. Solar protons move ALOT faster the the material the sun blasts out (which should arrive in about 4 hours time)

[MaskedSanity19]

1 am EST. pretty sure you arent in daylight.

[gallan30]

Does anyone have an idea how long the bombardment/aurorae will last? It's said to strike at 9 AM UTC, for my location that will be 2 pm in the afternoon, and it gets dark about 3 hours later. Will I still have a chance to see anything in the dark? (location is north Holland, around the same latitude of London)