LASCO and EIT observed a partial halo CME on 2001/11/21. The
event was first observed in C2 at 14:06 UT as a very narrow
loop front over the SW limb; by 215:54 UT this front spanned
about 145 deg around the C2 occulting disk from PA 165 to
PA 310. The front first appeared in C3 at 15:18 UT with
maximal coverage of the C3 occultor by 17:18 UT. The plane
of sky speed of the front was measured as 395 km/s at PA 228
(SW) with very small acceleration through the coronagraphs'
fields of view.

The CME was most probably associated with a long duration C4.7
X-ray flare in AR9704 between 12:39 and 15:10 UT with peak
emission at 13:47 UT. EIT observed this flare between 12:48 and
14:48 UT, with peak emission at 13:36 UT. SEC places the flare
at S15W18. Neither an EIT wave nor a dimming was observed in
association with this event.

EIT and LASCO observed 2 full halo CMEs on Friday November 22, 2001.  This
message pertains to the second event in the series.  This event was first
seen in C2 starting at 23:30 UT as a symetrical halo event with core.
Again due to the high velocity of the event only 1 frame in C2 was used.
The event was measured through the C3 field of view to 30 Rs to a

protons which are seen in the Lasco white light images.

EIT observes a CME event starting at 22:12 UT with southward dimming. The
CME takes off and is followed by a bright flare already in progress at
23:12 UT. This event comes from AR 9698 located in the SW quadrent at
location [S17; W24]. This flare is probably associated with the M9.9 flare
seen in GOES at 22:32 UT.  By 00:12 UT an impressive counter spiraling
arcade is seen.  This event is probably associated with the event observed
in LASCO.

SOLAR FLARES: A series of strong solar flares erupted on Thanksgiving Day.
The latest and most powerful was an M9.9-class explosion at 2330 UT (Nov.
22nd) from the vicinity of sunspot 9704. As a result of this solar
activity, a strong S3-class radiation storm is in progress around our
planet. Stay tuned for more information.