Viewing archive of Thursday, 5 September 2013

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2013 Sep 05 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 05 Sep 2013 until 07 Sep 2013
Solar flares

Eruptive (C-class flares expected, probability >=50%)

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
05 Sep 2013112006
06 Sep 2013114007
07 Sep 2013114007

Bulletin

Solar activity has been eruptive during the past 24 hours, featuring a C1.3 flare from NOAA AR 11836 peaking at 21:35 UT on September 4. More C flares are likely within the next 48 hours, with a slight chance for an M flare, especially from NOAA AR 11836. The solar wind speed ranged between 420 and 470 km/s in the past 24 hours. In the same period, the Interplanetary Magnetic Field was low around 4 to 5 nT. The geomagnetic activity was at quiet levels (K Dourbes between 0 and 2; NOAA Kp between 0 and 2) during the past 24 hours. Quiet conditions (K Dourbes < 4) are expected for September 5 to 7.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 044, based on 12 stations.

Solar indices for 04 Sep 2013

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux109
AK Chambon La Forêt009
AK Wingst006
Estimated Ap005
Estimated international sunspot number054 - Based on 22 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
None

Provided by the Solar Influences Data analysis Center© - SIDC - Processed by SpaceWeatherLive

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