MM#003 Major Flare Watch

[Max Millennium Chief Observer]

Dear Collaborators,

The level of solar activity is moderate-to-low. Target region NOAA
13256 has rotated just over the North West limb and was classified
as a beta/C-type sunspot group at the start of the UT day (but the
classifications will have been severely impacted by foreshortening
effects so close to the limb). NOAA 13256 has continued to produce
C-class flares since the last message, while the largest magnitude
flare in the period (a C4.4 on 31-Mar-2023 at 09:02 UT) came from
the limb-exiting location of NOAA 13260. The current MM#003 Major
Flare Watch on NOAA 13256 will continue for a further 24 hours as
its high-lying loops remain in Earth-view. More C-class flares are
expected over the following 24-hour period with a small chance for
another >M5 flare.

The position of NOAA 13256 on 31-Mar-2023 at 15:30 UT is:

S22W90 , ( 890", -357" )

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)