article_snippet: Forecasters figured it would come late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning; instead, it arrived just before 10 a.m. EDT.
article_snippet: They had forecast it to be a level 1. '
article_snippet: It's significantly stronger than expected,' Berger said.
article_snippet: Forecasters had predicted a glancing blow instead of dead-on hit.
article_snippet: Another theory is that the combination of the two storms made it worse, but it's too early to tell if that's so, Berger said.
article_snippet: It was the biggest eruption of the year and peaked at 4.22pm GMT yesterday (shown)
highlights_snippet: Combined and arrived on Earth about 15 hours earlier and  stronger .
  