****************************************************************************** dorisreport 17-Jan-2005 19:39:57 Message No 0115 ****************************************************************************** Author: Laurent soudarin Subject: Strong solar activity Dear colleagues, A giant sunspot has been growing since Monday 10th. It's about as wide as the planet Jupiter and it has produced several flares over the last 72 hours. The geomagnetic field activity is expected to increase to major to severe storm levels within the next several hours. Best regards Laurent Soudarin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laurent SOUDARIN Tel : +33 (0)5 61 39 48 49 Laurent.Soudarin @ cls.fr Fax : +33 (0)5 61 39 48 06 International DORIS Service http://ids.cls.fr IDS Central Bureau IDS.central.bureau @ cls.fr IDS webmaster webmaster_ids @ cls.fr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please do not reply directly to this message, but send comments and suggestions to IDS.central.bureau@cls.fr