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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 1998 Jul 20 2200 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity

SDF Number 201 Issued at 2200Z on 20 JUL 1998

IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 19-2100Z to 20-2100Z

SOLAR ACTIVITY HAS BEEN VERY LOW. MOST OF TODAY'S OCCASIONAL B-CLASS LEVEL SUBFLARES WERE FROM REGION 8270 (S20W64). THIS GROUP SHOWED GROWTH DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. TWO NEW REGIONS EMERGED ON THE DISK TODAY: 8277 AT S13W26 AND 8278 AT S28E52.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast
SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LOW TO LOW.
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 19-2100Z to 20-2100Z
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD HAS BEEN PREDOMINANTLY QUIET. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRONS EXCEEDED 1000 PFU DURING 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 21 JUL to 23 JUL
Class M10%10%10%
Class X01%01%01%
Proton01%01%01%
PCAFGREEN
IV. Penticton 10.7 cm Flux
  Observed       20 JUL 112
  Predicted   21 JUL-23 JUL  115/115/112
  90 Day Mean        20 JUL 107
V. Geomagnetic A Indices
OBSERVED AFR/AP 19 JUL  005/008
ESTIMATED AFR/AP 20 JUL  005/008
PREDICTED AFR/AP 21 JUL-23 JUL  005/009-005/009-005/009
VI. Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities 21 JUL to 23 JUL
A. Middle Latitudes
Active10%10%10%
Minor storm05%05%05%
Major-severe storm01%01%05%
B. High Latitudes
Active15%15%15%
Minor storm05%05%05%
Major-severe storm05%05%05%
NOTICE: GOES-9 CONTINUES TO OPERATE AND XRS DATA HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUS. FAILURE COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME. GOES-10 IS NEARING OPERATIONAL STATUS.

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