{"id":34395,"date":"2026-10-06T17:58:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=34395"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:58:33","slug":"a-cme-is-coming-auroras-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=34395","title":{"rendered":"A CME IS COMING, AURORAS LIKELY"},"content":{"rendered":"

A CME IS COMING, AURORAS LIKELY<\/strong><\/p>\n

There will be no moon that evening! Perfect chance to see auroras!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Space Weather News for Oct. 6, 2026<\/strong>
\nFree Space Weather Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n

A CME IS COMING, AURORAS LIKELY:\u00a0<\/strong>New sunspot 4549 erupted this morning, hurling a full-halo CME straight toward Earth. Forecast models predict it will arrive on Oct. 9th, possibly sparking a G2-class geomagnetic storm. The timing is perfect for aurora photographers as a nearly new Moon keeps rural skies dark.\u00a0Full story @\u00a0Spaceweather.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CME Impact Alerts:<\/strong> Would you like a text message when the CME arrives? Sign up for our Space Weather Alert Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Above: An Earth-directed CME emerges on Oct. 6th. It might not be the last. Sunspot 4549 has a delta-class magnetic field that harbors energy for X-class solar flares.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A CME IS COMING, AURORAS LIKELY There will be no moon that evening! Perfect chance to see auroras! Space Weather News for Oct. 6, 2026 Free Space Weather Newsletter A CME IS COMING, AURORAS LIKELY:\u00a0New sunspot 4549 erupted this morning, hurling a full-halo CME straight toward Earth. Forecast models predict it will arrive on Oct. … Continue reading A CME IS COMING, AURORAS LIKELY<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":645,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34397,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34395\/revisions\/34397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}