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TWIN BARREL M-FLARES !
Twin barrel M-flares have been detected off the southeastern limb of the solar corona at 1:22 and 2:11 this morning.
Solar activity is about to step into another gear once old active region 11944 rotates back onto the solar disk tomorrow. X-ray background rising sharply indicates magnetic complexity associated with this large active region. Last rotation this active region produced a major X-class solar flare January 7th and could continue that activity once fully rotated onto the solar disk as seen from the Earth.

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MAJOR X-FLARE !!
A major X-Class solar flare peaking to X1.2 was reported at 18:30 UTC Tuesday. Active Region 11944 unleashed its second eruption in 12 hours beginning with a M7.2 at 10:13 UTC. The eruption occurred while in an earth-facing position which means the resulting Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) will have a strong earth directed component. Impact on earths magnetic field is expected in the early morning hours of January 10 where strong Geomagnetic storms will be possible. 
Proton levels are rising again due to the latest eruption and are expected to hit (S2) threshold associated with this event was a 10cm radio burst lasting 50 minutes and reaching 8300 solar flux units.