Viewing archive of Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2014 Mar 11 1254 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 11 Mar 2014 until 13 Mar 2014
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
11 Mar 2014155005
12 Mar 2014155007
13 Mar 2014155007

Bulletin

There were four M flares and four C flares on the Sun during the past 24 hours, mostly released by NOAA AR 12002 and 11996. The brightest one was an M3.5 flare from NOAA AR 11996 peaking at 03:50 UT on March 11. In the next 48 hours, the probability for C flares is very high (95%) and for M flares around 75%, mainly from NOAA AR 12002 and 11996. There is a chance (35%) for an X flare. In the past 24 hours, solar wind speed as observed by ACE gradually decreased from around 340 km/s to around 300 km/s, while the magnitude of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) varied between 3.5 and 6.5 nT. In the past 24 hours, geomagnetic conditions were quiet (K Dourbes between 0 and 3; NOAA Kp between 0 and 3). Quiet geomagnetic levels are expected on March 11, 12, and 13.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 079, based on 12 stations.

Solar indices for 10 Mar 2014

Wolf number Catania142
10cm solar flux152
AK Chambon La Forêt///
AK Wingst004
Estimated Ap005
Estimated international sunspot number083 - Based on 24 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
10152115281532----M1.773/2002
10224523002312N14W51M1.4SF64/1996
11034403500356N13W55M3.51F11064/1996

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

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