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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2014 Aug 22 1034 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 22 Aug 2014 until 24 Aug 2014
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
22 Aug 2014130007
23 Aug 2014132007
24 Aug 2014132007

Bulletin

Flaring activity is mostly originating from the North-East quadrant of the solar disc up to an M3.4 flare from NOAA AR 12149 near the NE limb on Aug 21 13:31. Continued M-flare activity is expected from this region, while also NOAA AR 2148 is expected to produce C-flares. Quiet geomagnetic conditions are expected in the coming 3 days: there are no high speed wind streams expected from coronal holes, nor are there any new CMEs on the way to the Earth.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 092, based on 15 stations.

Solar indices for 21 Aug 2014

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux128
AK Chambon La Forêt014
AK Wingst012
Estimated Ap012
Estimated international sunspot number086 - Based on 25 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
21131913311342N06E38M3.4SF--/2149III/2VI/2
22061806280634N12E73M1.21F--/2149

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

All times in UTC

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