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Solar activity report

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Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity 1998 Mar 21 2200 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity

COR **********CORRECTED COPY********** SDF Number 080 Issued at 2200Z on 21 MAR 1998

IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 20-2100Z to 21-2100Z

SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS LOW. REGION 8179 (S22W82) PRODUCED A SINGLE C1/SF FLARE AT 21/1826Z. TWO UNCORRELATED C-CLASS X-RAY BURSTS WERE DETECTED AS WELL, A C1 AT 21/0252Z AND A C1 AT 21/0531Z. REGION 8179 IS SLOWLY DECAYING AS IT APPROACHES THE WEST LIMB. REGION 8180 (S29W71), SPOTLESS FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS, SHOWED A RE-EMERGED, REVERSE POLARITY BXO SPOT GROUP TODAY. REGION 8185 (S24E71) CONTINUED TO GROW AS IT APPEARED OVER THE EAST LIMB. INDICATIONS ARE THERE ARE MORE SPOTS TO FOLLOW IN THIS REGION. THE REMAINDER OF THE SPOTS GROUPS, AND THE REMAINDER OF THE VISIBLE DISK, WERE QUIET AND RELATIVELY STABLE.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast
SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW TO MODERATE. REGION 8179 STILL HAS GOOD C-CLASS FLARE POTENTIAL, A CHANCE OF ISOLATED M-CLASS ACTIVITY AND AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED X-CLASS FLARE. REGION 8185 HAS A FAIR CHANCE OF C-CLASS ACTIVITY, A SMALL CHANCE OF M-CLASS FLARING, AND A SMALL CHANCE OF ISOLATED X-CLASS ACTIVITY.
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 20-2100Z to 21-2100Z
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET TO MAJOR STORM AT ALL LATITUDES FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. MINOR TO MAJOR STORMING BEGAN JUST AFTER 21/0900Z. THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE THE RESULT OF A CME INDICATED BY THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A 23 DEGREE FILAMENT IN THE SE QUADRANT, DETECTED AT 16/1147Z. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ENERGETIC ELECTRON FLUX WAS AT NORMAL TO MODERATE LEVELS.
IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO MINOR STORM FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS, THEN QUIET TO UNSETTLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. HIGH LATITUDE STATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF MINOR TO MAJOR STORMING OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
III. Event Probabilities 22 MAR to 24 MAR
Class M45%25%25%
Class X10%05%05%
Proton05%05%05%
PCAFGREEN
IV. Penticton 10.7 cm Flux
  Observed       21 MAR 126
  Predicted   22 MAR-24 MAR  124/122/120
  90 Day Mean        21 MAR 098
V. Geomagnetic A Indices
OBSERVED AFR/AP 20 MAR  008/007
ESTIMATED AFR/AP 21 MAR  028/032
PREDICTED AFR/AP 22 MAR-24 MAR  015/018-010/012-015/012
VI. Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities 22 MAR to 24 MAR
A. Middle Latitudes
Active20%15%20%
Minor storm10%10%10%
Major-severe storm05%05%05%
B. High Latitudes
Active20%20%20%
Minor storm15%15%10%
Major-severe storm05%05%05%

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