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Solar activity report

Any mentioned solar flare in this report has a scaling factor applied by the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). Because of the SWPC scaling factor, solar flares are reported as 42% smaller than for the science quality data. The scaling factor has been removed from our archived solar flare data to reflect the true physical units.
Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity 1997 Mar 06 2200 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity

SDF Number 065 Issued at 2200Z on 06 MAR 1997

IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 05-2100Z to 06-2100Z

SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. NEW REGION 8020 (N06E74) ROTATED INTO VIEW AND IS A SIMPLE, H-TYPE SUNSPOT GROUP. OCCASIONAL B-CLASS FLARES WERE REPORTED FROM THIS REGION: THE LARGEST WAS A B8/SF AT 0049Z. FREQUENT OCCURRENCE OF TYPE III RADIO SWEEPS WAS ALSO NOTED DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast
SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LOW.
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 05-2100Z to 06-2100Z
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS PREDOMINANTLY QUIET TO UNSETTLED. CONDITIONS WERE SOMEWHAT ENHANCED FROM 0300-1500Z: MID-LATITUDES WERE MOSTLY UNSETTLED, AND HIGH LATITUDES WERE UNSETTLED TO SLIGHTLY ACTIVE. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUXES WERE BELOW HIGH LEVELS (1000 PFU) FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS.
IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
III. Event Probabilities 07 MAR to 09 MAR
Class M01%01%01%
Class X01%01%01%
Proton01%01%01%
PCAFGREEN
IV. Penticton 10.7 cm Flux
  Observed       06 MAR 075
  Predicted   07 MAR-09 MAR  078/079/080
  90 Day Mean        06 MAR 075
V. Geomagnetic A Indices
OBSERVED AFR/AP 05 MAR  011/007
ESTIMATED AFR/AP 06 MAR  010/010
PREDICTED AFR/AP 07 MAR-09 MAR  005/008-008/008-010/010
VI. Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities 07 MAR to 09 MAR
A. Middle Latitudes
Active05%10%15%
Minor storm01%05%05%
Major-severe storm01%01%01%
B. High Latitudes
Active10%10%15%
Minor storm01%05%05%
Major-severe storm01%01%01%

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