Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A moderate solar flare might affect radio communications on Earth Wednesday after a pair of powerful solar flares disrupted radio communications in sunlit areas of the globe this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center said it recorded a moderate solar flare at 6:19 a.m. EST Wednesday from the sun's AR 4274 region, but it is weaker than the two reported on Tuesday.
Wednesday's solar flare has produced a partial halo coronal mass ejection that might "have some Earth-directed component to it," the SWPC said.
"This CME is currently under analysis to determine any Earth-directed threat and, if so, what level of geomagnetic response we might anticipate," the center added.
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