A Major X-Class Solar Flare measuring X1.1 was just reported around newly reassigned AR 2994 towards the eastern limb associated with this event was a Strong (R3) level radio blackout affecting the sunlit side of Earth. An impressive coronal mass ejection (CME) was produced but will be directed well away from Earth and will not have an Earth-Directed component.. This the same active region that produced last months X-Class Flare and it has been reassigned a new sunspot number for this solar rotation.
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