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Old 25th Jan 2012, 04:16
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freightdog188
 
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SW for Aviation Service Providers

i.a.w. with OPS Part A all flights still on the ground at the time of issue of a NOAA Space weather 4 or above alert message should be re-planned via non-polar routes, and flights in the air diverted away from the polar region, even if this requires a fuel stop.

From what I can see this was a S-3 solar radiation storm, and a G-1 geomagentic storm, not requiring any immediate action ...

To put it into perspective:
A S-3 alert is triggered at a Proton 10MeV Integral Flux exceeding 1000pfu
A S-4 alert is triggered at 10000 pfu

this storm had a maximum 10MeV Flux of 6310 pfu


Last edited by freightdog188; 25th Jan 2012 at 04:35. Reason: alert level info added
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