{"id":792390,"date":"2025-01-03T10:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=792390"},"modified":"2025-01-03T10:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:56:08","slug":"major-x1-2-solar-flare-erupts-from-ne-limb-first-x-class-flare-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=792390","title":{"rendered":"Major X1.2 solar flare erupts from NE limb – first X-class flare of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"


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There were no radio signatures that would suggest a coronal mass ejection (CME) was produced. Even if it was, the location of this region close to the NE limb does not favor Earth-directed CMEs.<\/p>\n

This, however, will change in the days ahead as the region rotates toward the center of the solar disk.<\/p>\n

AR 3947 produced the majority of the flares during the past 24 hours, including an X1.2 flare at 11:39 UTC, the largest of the period, as well as a C6.6 at 12:19 UTC on January 2, a C3.5 at 01:24 UTC on January 3, and a C4.9 flare at 08:23 UTC.<\/p>\n

No associated CMEs were observed from any of these events, SWPC forecasters said.<\/p>\n

Radio frequencies were forecast to be most degraded over parts of South America, the South Atlantic Ocean, and Africa.<\/p>\n

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X1.2 solar flare on January 3, 2024. Credit: NOAA\/GOES-16, SUVI AIA 131, Helioviewer, The Watchers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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X1.2 solar flare on January 3, 2024. Credit: NOAA\/GOES-16, SUVI AIA 304, Helioviewer, The Watchers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n