Saturday, March 10, 2012

Solar X Ray M5 Warning

Space Weather Message Code: SUMXM5

Serial Number: 87
Issue Time: 2012 Mar 10 1835 UTC

SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded M5
Begin Time: 2012 Mar 10 1715 UTC
Maximum Time: 2012 Mar 10 1744 UT
End Time: 2012 Mar 10 1830 UTC
X-ray Class: M8.4
Location: N18W23
NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate

Comment: No optical reports from ground stations. Location verified through GOES-15 SXI imagery

NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at
www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales

Potential Impacts: Area of impact centered primarily on sub-solar point on the sunlit side of Earth.

Radio - Limited blackout of HF (high frequency) radio communication for tens of minutes.

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