CME Detected.

CME detected.
Just in from space weather.

EARTH-DIRECTED ERUPTION:
On Saturday, Oct. 17th, starting around 18:24
UT, a spotless active region in the sun's southern hemisphere
erupted, hurling a faint coronal mass ejection (CME...) in the
general direction of Earth. SOHO's extreme UV telescope recorded
this movie http://www.spaceweather.com/images2009/18oct09/eit195_anim.gif?PHPSESSID=8ofrlbel4oqoi058dtp9sho8t0
of the blast. High-latitude sky watchers should be
alert for auroras on Oct. 19th or 20th when the CME arrives.