MM#003 Major Flare Watch

Max Millennium Chief Observer mmchiefobserver at gmail.com
Wed Dec 14 08:03:56 MST 2022


Dear Collaborators,

The level of solar activity is moderate-to-high. Target region NOAA
13153 has rotated up to the North West limb since the last message,
and has produced an M1.1 flare on 14-Dec-2022 at 08:24 UT. However,
this is not the most flare-productive region in the period because
NOAA 13165 (a beta/D-type sunspot group) has been the source of six
M-class flares, including the largest magnitude flare since the last
message - an M6.3 on 14-Dec-2022 at 14:31 UT. At this point we are
initiating an MM#003 Major Flare Watch on NOAA 13165, as this shows
signs of continued flux emergence. More M-class flares are expected
over the next 24 hours, with a good chance for a flare >= M5.

The position of NOAA 13165 on 14-Dec-2022 at 15:00 UT is:

S20W46 , ( 662", -325" )

See http://www.SolarMonitor.org for images and
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/ops/observing.shtml
for a description of the current Max Millennium Observing Plan.

Regards,

Shaun Bloomfield (Northumbria University)


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