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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2013 Oct 12 1128 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 12 Oct 2013 until 14 Oct 2013
Solar flares

Active (M-class flares expected, probability >=50%)

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
12 Oct 2013132010
13 Oct 2013134007
14 Oct 2013134016

Bulletin

Active conditions are expected to prevail for the next 48 hours, with risks of M class events from NOAA ARs 1861 and 1865. Both regions are magnetically complex enough for such class of flares, but somehow do not show anymore significant evolutions. Many C flares occurred in the past 24 hours related to these two regions. A noticeable one, a C6.2 event, occurred in AR 1865 on Oct. 11, 1228 UT peak time. It was associated with a CME, which is heading essentially eastward, compared to the Earth, and is therefore expected not to be geoeffective. We expect quiet geomagnetic conditions for the next 24-36 hours, and then unsettled to active conditions by the second half of Oct. 14, due a small coronal hole becoming geoeffective. Current interplanetary conditions are quiet.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 077, based on 10 stations.

Solar indices for 11 Oct 2013

Wolf number Catania167
10cm solar flux129
AK Chambon La Forêt009
AK Wingst007
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number092 - Based on 16 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
None

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

All times in UTC

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