SOLAR ACTIVITY UPDATE: Monday Morning Blasts From AR-1401 and AR-1402 CMEs(Jan 16th, 2012).

SIGNIFICANT CME: Sunspot complex 1401-1402 erupted this morning, Jan. 16th at approximately 0400 UT, producing a C6-class solar flare and a bright coronal mass ejection. SOHO recorded the expanding cloud: The CME is not heading toward Earth, at least not directly. It might deliver a glancing blow to Earth’s magnetic field on Jan. 18th. Stay tuned for further analysis of the cloud’s trajectory.