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Filament Eruption & Earth Directed CME !
A magnetic filament which was in an earth facing position has become unstable and lifted off the solar corona. The resulting eruption produced a Full Halo Coronal Mass Ejection headed earths way. Although its too early to tell but it does appear that the CME will impact the earth sometime May 15. Meanwhile Active Region 11476 is starting to show signs of decay in the rear trailer spots but might get its act together to produce some strong flares just before it rotates off the disk in 3-4 days.

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M1.9 Solar Flare And CME !
Active Region 11471 Produced an M1.9 Flare and a weak Halo Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) followed shortly after. This long duration event induced a 10cm Radio Burst or TenFlare reaching 240 solar flux units.
The incoming CME does have and earth bound component but does not appear to be strong enough to cause a geomagnetic storm. ETA late May 10 to early May 11.
Active Region 11476 continues to grow in size and magnetic complexity as it rotates further onto the solar disk.