Viewing archive of Saturday, 26 September 2015

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2015 Sep 26 1315 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 26 Sep 2015 until 28 Sep 2015
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
26 Sep 2015122003
27 Sep 2015120006
28 Sep 2015118006

Bulletin

Eight sunspot groups were reported by NOAA today. NOAA AR 2422 (Catania number 39) is strongly growing and now has beta-gamma configuration of its photospheric magnetic field. This active region was responsible for all the flares during the past 24 hours. However, only three C-class flares occurred, the strongest of them being the C1.5 flare peaking at 01:29 UT today. We expect flaring activity on the C-level, with a small chance for an M-class event. The Earth is currently inside a slow (around 420 km/s) solar wind flow with average (around 5 nT) interplanetary magnetic field magnitude. The geomagnetic conditions are quiet and are expected to remain so.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 157, based on 17 stations.

Solar indices for 25 Sep 2015

Wolf number Catania142
10cm solar flux120
AK Chambon La Forêt012
AK Wingst007
Estimated Ap007
Estimated international sunspot number149 - Based on 29 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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