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Space Weather and HF propagation info

Laramie Aurora Visibility Alert (LAVA) I just did discover this site/service run by Brian Rachford Brian proives e-mail alerts to viewing opportunities for the Aurora Borialis from Laramie! Please, visit his site, the LAVA homepage for much more info and to subscribe

Solar X-rays:
Geomagnetic Field:

From maj.com
The Solar X-Ray Monitor The X-ray Solar status monitor get's the current status from the NOAA Space Environment Center server The previous 24 hours of 5 minute Long-wavelength X-ray data from two satellites (GOES 8 and GOES 10) is analyzed, and an appropriate level of activity for the past 24 hours is assigned as follows:

= Normal: SolarX-ray flux is quiet (flux <= 1.00e-6 W/m^2)

= Active: SolarX-ray flux is active (flux >= 1.00e-6 W/m^2)

= M Class Flare: An M Class flare has occurred (flux >= 1.00e-5 W/m^2)

= X Class Flare: An X Class flare has occurred (flux >= 1.00e-4 W/m^2)

= MegaFlare: A 'monster' X-ray event has occurred (flux >= 1.00e-3 W/m^2)

The Geomagnetic Field status monitor The Geomagnetic Field status monitor gets the current status from the NOAA Space Environment Center server The previous 24 hours of 3 hour Planetary Kp Index data is analyzed and an appropriate level of activity for the past 24 hoursis assigned as follows:

= Quiet: the Geomagnetic Field is quiet (Kp < 4)

= Active: the Geomagnetic Field has been unsettled (Kp=4)

= Storm: A Geomagnetic Storm has occurred (Kp > 4)

Near Real Time (hourly) Maximum Usable Frequency Maps

Great site for Solar Activity and space weather - includes HF propogation info

Here an Austrailian Solar info site IPS sponsored by the Austrailian Government

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