Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection (CME):
This CME is a cannibal because it ate others of its own kind. Cannibal CMEs are fast coronal mass ejections that sweep up slower CMEs in front of them. The mish-mash contains tangled magnetic fields and compressed plasmas that can do a good job sparking geomagnetic storms. [“A Cannibal CME,” Dr. Tony Phillips, Spaceweather.com]
It appears the northern lights will not be reaching the Twin Cities, but they’ll be close. Meteorologist Chris Schaeffer of WCCO said tonight they’d reach Lake Mille Lacs, which is to our north by, oh, a hundred miles?
