Viewing archive of Saturday, 24 October 2015

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2015 Oct 24 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 24 Oct 2015 until 26 Oct 2015
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Minor storm expected (A>=30 or K=5)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
24 Oct 2015106010
25 Oct 2015100020
26 Oct 2015095006

Bulletin

Only one single C1.9 flare erupted from the Sun, with NOAA active region (AR) 2434 as source region. NOAA AR 2436 remains the largest region on disc, but is decaying in complexity. Flaring activity at the C-level is expected. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed.

The solar wind speed was variable between 400 and 480 km/s, while the magnitude of the interplanetary magnetic field was relatively stable near 6 nT. Mainly quiet (K<3, at local level in Dourbes) and up to unsettled (K=3 at global NOAA Kp) geomagnetic conditions were observed. A glancing blow from the October 22 CME may arrive in the coming period, which may result in (at maximum) minor storm (K=5) conditions.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 076, based on 07 stations.

Solar indices for 23 Oct 2015

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux115
AK Chambon La Forêt014
AK Wingst008
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number088 - Based on 15 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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