Viewing archive of Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2014 Mar 18 1247 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 18 Mar 2014 until 20 Mar 2014
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
18 Mar 2014135010
19 Mar 2014135005
20 Mar 2014135005

Bulletin

NOAA AR 2010 released this morning a C3.4 flare and is still candidate for more C-flaring activity. The global probability for C-flares is well above 50%. The solar wind speed is below 400 km/s, this is a slow solar wind. A small increase in the magnetic field strength followed by a smooth increase in the solar wind speed this morning can possibly be linked with the northern coronal hole which passed the central meridian on March 13. The geomagnetic impact is negligible.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 096, based on 10 stations.

Solar indices for 17 Mar 2014

Wolf number Catania141
10cm solar flux136
AK Chambon La Forêt///
AK Wingst003
Estimated Ap005
Estimated international sunspot number090 - Based on 17 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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