Subject: geomagnetic storms today, and later this week... Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 19:15:49 -0500 From: SpaceWeather.com <spaceweather@lists.spaceweather.com> To: Roy D Rhodes @ royrhodes@door.com Space Weather News for 17 April 2002 http://www.spaceweather.com AURORAS TODAY: A coronal mass ejection swept past Earth this morning and triggered a moderate geomagnetic storm. The disturbance began at 1100UT on April 17th was still happening 12 hours later when this alert was issued. High-latitude sky watchers -- i.e., those in northern Europe, Canada, the northern tier of US states and those with a interest in Robertson County Texas -- should remain alert for auroras after sunset on Wednesday. AND LATER THIS WEEK.... Twisted magnetic fields above sunspot 9906 erupted and hurled a lopsided coronal mass ejection toward Earth on April 17th. The expanding cloud could ignite Northern Lights when it sweeps past our planet on April 19th or 20th. The resulting display will be spectacular. Visit SpaceWeather.com for updates and details.