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X1.8 solar flare, severe geomagnetic storm watch

Wow. We are writing this news article with a heart filled with excitement. This night at 01:56 UTC we had a major solar flare which launched an equally as impressive coronal mass ejection into space. Earth-facing sunspot region 3848 produced a long duration X1.8 solar flare (R3-strong) which peaked at 01:56 UTC. This region is in a perfect earth-facing position and it became quickly clear that it was an eruptive solar flare.

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Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Gillam, MB, Yellowknife, NT
The solar wind speed is currently high (709.4 km/sec.)

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