Beginning at 00:00 UT on March 18, 2004 EIT will be in CCD bakeout mode; no EIT images until April 5, 2004.
S East Gusty outflow. 04:54 UT W Limb Ragged front developing toward SW, preceded by a couple of jets at 20:54 (previous day) and 00:30 UT, and a faint spray front at 04:30 UT. It is followed at 07:54 UT by another (narrower) ragged front. 07:31 UT E Limb Another faint narrow and diffuse loop front developing toward NE. 16:30 UT N West Bright loop front, cavity, and core. Twisted trailing material. By ~ 13:25 UT EIT Fe XII images show the starting of a filament eruption, part of which is located slightly SW of NOAA AR 0572, very close to the limb; the rest of it, seems to extend up to behind the limb. By 18:30 UT very faint extension begin to be discernible over the C2 SW limb, and S Pole up to the S East limb. Possibly 'shock' signature if related to the event. 18:48 UT S East By 18:48 UT EIT Fe XII running difference images begins to show the development of a CME coming out from just behind the SE limb. No clear signatures of the event can be discerned in C2, except for the gusty outflow and a faint elongated loop barely discernible at ~ 19:54 UT, already in progress. 23:30 UT N West Bright narrow and elongated ragged loop front. Gusty outflow into next day. By ~ 22:36 UT Fe XII running difference images show an extremely faint signature of a CME coming out apparently from behind the NW limb.
06:15 - 11:30 UT Temporary DSN Data Gap. 11:30 UT N West Loop front and trailing material already in progress after data gap. 14:15 - 19:15 UT Temporary DSN Data Gap. 20:40 - 23:00 UT Temporary DSN Data Gap.