Solar Flux Hits New High & Big Flares Possible Now | Space Weather News 11.26.2020

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Our Sun goes through a paradigm shift this week as solar flux tops 100 for the first time in several years! We also have more numbered bright regions on the Earth-facing disk than we've seen in a long time, with even more bright regions on the Sun's farside about to rotate into view. This means amateur radio operators are going to be enjoying GOOD radio propagation on Earth's dayside easily through this week and possibly from now on as we climb to solar maximum over the next few years. Many of these bright regions are also firing solar flares and solar storms, including one region on the Sun's farside that fired the first full-halso solar storm of this new solar cycle. This full-halo solar storm launch means our Sun is once again capable of launching the massive solar storms capable of creating real impacts here at Earth. In addition, it means the risk of big solar flares is now back on the table along with the possibility of solar radiation storms. So while there is not an Earth-directed solar storm this week, only some fast solar wind that will likely continue to bring aurora to high latitudes, we do have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. Our Sun is finally and fully awake! Learn the details of this solar awakening, watch the full-halo solar storm launch, and see what else our Sun has in store!
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For a more in-depth look at the data and images highlighted in this video see these links below.

Solar Imaging and Analysis:
SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/

Helioviewer: http://www.helioviewer.org/

Flare Analysis: http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest...

Computer Aided CME Tracking CACTUS: http://www.sidc.oma.be/cactus/out/lat...

GOES Xray: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xra...

SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/

Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/

GONG magnetic field synoptic movie: https://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/stan...

GONG magnetic field synoptic charts: http://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/

LMSAL Heliophysics Events HEK http://www.lmsal.com/isolsearch

Solar Wind:
DISCOVR solar wind: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/rea...

ACE Solar Wind: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/ace...

NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: https://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/IswaSystem...

NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa...

Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Atmosphere:
GOES Magnetometer: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goe...

Ionosphere D-Region Absorption (DRAP) model: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/d-r...

Auroral Oval Ovation Products: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aur...

Global 3-hr Kp index: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/pla...

Wing Kp index prediction: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/win...

USGS Ground Magnetometers: http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/

USGS Disturbance Storm-Time (Dst): http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/dst/

NAIRAS Radiation Storm Model: http://sol.spacenvironment.net/raps_o...

Multi-Purpose Space Environment Sites:
NOAA/SWPC: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov

SOLARHAM: http://www.solarham.net/index.htm

Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com

iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html

Definition of Geomagnetic Storm, Radiation Storm, and Radio Blackout Levels:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales/

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