It knocked skip right off the CB band last night. Not even the Hispanic skip was coming through. The A index is 44. I have never seen it go that high. A week ago it was only 6.
Todays solar report...
Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2012 Mar 08 0905 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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# Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 March follow.
Solar flux 136 and estimated planetary A-index 44.
The estimated planetary K-index at 0900 UTC on 08 March was 1.
and here is the same report from last Thursday;
Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2012 Mar 01 0905 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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# Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 29 February follow.
Solar flux 102 and estimated planetary A-index 6. << ==
The estimated planetary K-index at 0900 UTC on 01 March was 3.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been strong.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S3 level occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be strong.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G3 level are likely.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S3 level are expected.
Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level are likely.