Viewing archive of Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Solar activity report

Any mentioned solar flare in this report has a scaling factor applied by the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). Because of the SWPC scaling factor, solar flares are reported as 42% smaller than for the science quality data. The scaling factor has been removed from our archived solar flare data to reflect the true physical units.
Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity 2015 May 26 2200 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity

SDF Number 146 Issued at 2200Z on 26 May 2015

IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 25-2100Z to 26-2100Z

Solar activity has been at very low levels for the past 24 hours. There are currently 4 numbered sunspot regions on the disk.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast
Solar activity is expected to be very low with a chance for a C-class flares on days one, two, and three (27 May, 28 May, 29 May).
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 25-2100Z to 26-2100Z
The geomagnetic field has been at quiet levels for the past 24 hours. Solar wind speed, as measured by the ACE spacecraft, reached a peak speed of 368 km/s at 26/1731Z. Total IMF reached 12 nT at 26/1617Z. The maximum southward component of Bz reached -7 nT at 26/1613Z.
IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast
The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet levels on day one (27 May), quiet to unsettled levels on day two (28 May) and quiet to active levels on day three (29 May).
III. Event Probabilities 27 May to 29 May
Class M01%01%01%
Class X01%01%01%
Proton01%01%01%
PCAFgreen
IV. Penticton 10.7 cm Flux
  Observed       26 May 095
  Predicted   27 May-29 May 090/090/095
  90 Day Mean        26 May 127

V. Geomagnetic A Indices
  Observed Afr/Ap 25 May  003/003
  Estimated     Afr/Ap 26 May  006/005
  Predicted    Afr/Ap 27 May-29 May  006/005-007/008-010/012

VI. Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities 27 May to 29 May
A. Middle Latitudes
Active10%20%25%
Minor storm01%05%05%
Major-severe storm01%01%01%
B. High Latitudes
Active20%15%15%
Minor storm20%30%30%
Major-severe storm10%25%30%

All times in UTC

<< Go to daily overview page

Latest news

Support SpaceWeatherLive.com!

A lot of people come to SpaceWeatherLive to follow the Sun's activity or if there is aurora to be seen, but with more traffic comes higher server costs. Consider a donation if you enjoy SpaceWeatherLive so we can keep the website online!

SpaceWeatherLive Pro
Support SpaceWeatherLive with our merchandise
Check out our merchandise

Latest alerts

Get instant alerts!

Space weather facts

Last X-flare2024/11/06X2.39
Last M-flare2024/11/23M1.1
Last geomagnetic storm2024/11/10Kp5+ (G1)
Spotless days
Last spotless day2022/06/08
Monthly mean Sunspot Number
October 2024166.4 +25
November 2024144.7 -21.7
Last 30 days158.6 +10.8

This day in history*

Solar flares
12000X3.4
22000X2.87
32000X2.71
41998X1.54
51999M4.33
DstG
12001-221G4
21982-197G3
31986-86G2
41981-66
51991-65
*since 1994

Social networks