From flare at spacew.com  Sun Jun  3 06:47:55 2007
From: flare at spacew.com (Warnings and Alerts of Major Solar Flare Activity.)
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 06:47:55 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Flare] Major M-Class Solar Flare Alert - 03 June 2007
Message-ID: <200706030647.l536ltuT019717@solar.spacew.com>

MAJOR SOLAR FLARE ALERT

Issued: 06:45 UTC, 03 June 2007
Solar Terrestrial Dispatch
www.spacew.com

Synopsis:

     Region 10960 (near the east limb) produced an impulsive major class M7.0 
solar x-ray flare at 02:12 UTC on 03 June. No significant radio emissions were 
associated with this event. This region has rotated into view as a developing 
magnetic beta-gamma-delta sunspot complex. An area of moderate to strong 
magnetic shear has been identified recently and is supportive of additional 
minor M-class and isolated major M to X-class solar flare activity.

     The major flare observed today is not expected to result in any
significant influxes of energetic protons. However, the risk for increased
populations of energetic protons will become elevated during the next 3 to 5
days as the sunspot complex continues to rotate into a more favorable
location on the Sun.

     No significant coronal mass ejection impact is expected from todays
event. But again, the risk for impacts will increase during the next 3 to 5
days as the region rotates into a more sensitive alignment with the Earth.


** End of Alert **