- The sun let loose an intense solar flare on Tuesday, March 6
at 7:28pm ET from sunspot 1429. - That solar flare unleashed a
CME that struck Earth on Thursday morning and reached a
G3-magnitude geomagnetic storm. - Another flare occurred on
Thursday night from sunspot 1429. The CME generated by this
flare will create additional geomagnetic storming beginning on
Sunday, March 11. What's the latest - A coronal mass ejection
(CME) arrived at Earth early Thursday morning (March 8) at
approximately 5:45am ET. - The geomagnetic storm was originally
rated a G1 however the storm intensified Thursday night and
early Friday morning and was upgraded to a G3-magnitude
geomagnetic storm. - Auroras occurred across the northern
latitudes including Alaska, Canada, the UK and Scandinavia. -
This solar storm has now come to an end, per NOAA's Space
Weather Prediction Center. - Meanwhile, yet another solar flare
was unleashed late Thursday night, March 8 at 10:53pm ET. -
Beginning on Sunday, March 11, NOAA's Space Weather Pred