M4.4 Solar Flare and CME (4/1/2017)
It's been a while, but we finally have a noteworthy solar flare to report. An M4.4 solar flare was just observed around region 2644 in the northwest quadrant at 21:48 UTC (Apr 1, 2017). A bright coronal mass ejection (CME) became visible in the latest coronagraph imagery courtesy of LASCO. So far the plasma cloud appears to be headed to the northwest and away from our planet. A noteworthy impact to our geomagnetic field is not currently expected. More to follow if necessary.