STRONG FLARES ARE UNDERWAY

Solar activity has reached high levels on Nov. 6th as sunspots AR3883 and AR3886 crackle with strong solar flares.

Extreme UV radiation is ionizing the top of Earth’s atmosphere, causing shortwave radio blackouts. Ham radio operators DXing across the southern hemisphere may notice intermittent loss of signal below 30 MHz.

There’s a good chance that one or more CMEs are heading for Earth, however, fresh coronagraph data from SOHO are required to check for incoming storm clouds.