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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2015 Feb 22 1243 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Active conditions expected (A>=20 or K=4)

Solar protons

Warning condition (activity levels expected to increase, but no numeric forecast given)

	10cm flux	Ap
22 Feb 2015	115	010
23 Feb 2015	115	019
24 Feb 2015	115	009

Bulletin

Solar flaring activity at the Earth facing side was very low. The sunspot regions remained quite stable. Some minor development in the intermediate spots of NOAA active region 2290 was seen. A full halo CME was detected in SOHO LASCO/C2 (first measurement at 9:24 UT on February 21) and C3 (10:06 UT), which is believed to be associated to a backside event. The CME was followed by a few more narrow CMEs. The CME is asymmetric with the largest component heading to the southwest with a projected speed of 976 km/s (CACTus estimate). STEREO A EUVI images indicate flaring activity and the disappearance of the long filament located in the backside southern hemisphere. PROBA2/SWAP (start at 9:19 UT), SDO/AIA (9:24 UT) and GONG H alpha imagery observed the filament eruption as well. The proton flux (at > 10 MeV) has risen to enhanced levels starting around 12 UT, but did not pass the event threshold and is near 1 pfu. We set a warning condition for the further increase of the proton flux. The arrival of a backsided CME shock is possible. A filament eruption was visible in EUV imagery starting in PROBA2/SWAP at 18:09 UT on February 21, accompanied by a long-duration B7 flare. Flaring activity is expected to remain very low to low. Nominal solar wind conditions were observed, with the magnitude of the interplanetary magnetic field maximally at 7 nT. The solar wind speed decreased from 360 km/s to around 320 km/s. Geomagnetic conditions were quiet to unsettled (K=1 to 3) at the local level (Dourbes) and global level (estimated NOAA Kp), which is expected to continue till the arrival of the anticipated coronal hole high speed stream possibly resulting in active geomagnetic conditions within the next 24 hours (K=4, with a small chance for K=5).

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 030, based on 08 stations.

Solar indices for 21 Feb 2015

Wolf number Catania	///
10cm solar flux	116
AK Chambon La Forêt	014
AK Wingst	006
Estimated Ap	006
Estimated international sunspot number	045 - Based on 14 stations

Noticeable events summary

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