Ref: http://spaceweather.com/

SOLAR ACTIVITY: During the past 24 hours,
sunspot 649 has unleashed a series of M-class solar flares,
but none of the explosions hurled a coronal mass ejection
(CME) toward Earth. The chances for auroras this
weekend remains low.

--Sam Wormley
http://edu-observatory.org/eo/aurora.html


Ref: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/forecasts/ALTS.txt

:Product: SEC Space Weather Alerts ALTS.txt
:Issued: 2004 Aug 14 1546 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center
# See http://sec.noaa.gov/alerts/ for description and other displays
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# SEC Space Weather Alerts Issued in the last 24 hours
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Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3
Serial Number: 782
Issue Time: 2004 Aug 14 1543 UTC

ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu
Threshold Reached: 2004 Aug 14 1520 UTC
Station: GOES12
Observed Yesterday: Yes
Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 5060 pfu

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Space Weather Message Code: SUMXM5
Serial Number: 47
Issue Time: 2004 Aug 14 1358 UTC

SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded M5
Begin Time: 2004 Aug 14 1331 UTC
Maximum Time: 2004 Aug 14 1343 UTC
End Time: 2004 Aug 14 1350 UTC
X-ray Class: M5.6
Optical Class: 1f
Location: S14W31

#-------------------------------------------------
Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF
Serial Number: 86
Issue Time: 2004 Aug 14 1342 UTC

ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5
Threshold Reached: 2004 Aug 14 1343 UTC

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Space Weather Message Code: SUMXM5
Serial Number: 46
Issue Time: 2004 Aug 14 0555 UTC

SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded M5
Begin Time: 2004 Aug 14 0536 UTC
Maximum Time: 2004 Aug 14 0544 UTC
End Time: 2004 Aug 14 0552 UTC
X-ray Class: M7.4
Optical Class: 2b
Location: S11W28

#-------------------------------------------------
Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF
Serial Number: 85
Issue Time: 2004 Aug 14 0544 UTC

ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5
Threshold Reached: 2004 Aug 14 0543 UTC

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Space Weather Message Code: SUM10R
Serial Number: 355
Issue Time: 2004 Aug 13 1909 UTC

SUMMARY: 10cm Radio Burst
Begin Time: 2004 Aug 13 1810 UTC
Maximum Time: 2004 Aug 13 1810 UTC
End Time: 2004 Aug 13 1812 UTC
Duration: 2 minutes
Peak Flux: 180 sfu
Latest Penticton Noon Flux: 147 sfu

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Space Weather Message Code: SUMX01
Serial Number: 39
Issue Time: 2004 Aug 13 1830 UTC

SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded X1
Begin Time: 2004 Aug 13 1807 UTC
Maximum Time: 2004 Aug 13 1812 UTC
End Time: 2004 Aug 13 1815 UTC
X-ray Class: X1
Location: S13W23

#-------------------------------------------------
Space Weather Message Code: ALTXMF
Serial Number: 84
Issue Time: 2004 Aug 13 1811 UTC

ALERT: X-Ray Flux exceeded M5
Threshold Reached: 2004 Aug 13 1811 UTC