Monday, April 30, 2012

SolarHam.com | Numerous C-Class flares within the past 12 hours - Monday APRIL 30, 2012


Numerous C-Class flares were observed within the past 12 hours. A long duration C3.9 event peaked at 07:38 UTC Monday morning and was located near departing Sunspot 1465 off the southwest limb. A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is seen in the latest STEREO Ahead COR2 images. This plasma cloud will most likely miss Earth. Another flare measuring C5.6 near the same region followed at 10:23 UTC. Sunspot 1471 in the southeast quadrant produced a C6.0 flare at 10:41 UTC. There will continue to be a chance for C-Class flares and perhaps an isolated M-Class event.