Sun Erupts with Double Blast; Energy Headed to Earth
Weatherboy Team Meteorologist

Large sunspots on the Sun are blasting Earth-directed solar flares into space. Image: NOAA SWPC
The Sun is an explosive mood today, erupting C-class flares off of its surface; it appears a double blast is sending energy to Earth now. A C2-class flare exploded off of sunspot AR2864 earlier today. A pulse of UV radiation ionized the Earth’s atmosphere, bringing about interference and disruption in some radio communications. An even larger explosion occured today, with giant sunspot AR2866 producing a C8-class flare. That larger event disturbed radio communications over North, Central, and South America today.