Viewing archive of Sunday, 3 January 2016

Select the desired archive item

Coronal hole faces Earth

No signs of a shock passage yet. It might be too early to write it off as a total miss as the low energy protons measured by EPAM remain elevated but it remains very doubtful we will see much of a shock passage.

Read more

Shock passage possible: NOAA G2 watch

The NOAA SWPC issued a moderate G2 geomagnetic storm watch for today as they believe that a shock passage from the M2.3 solar flare might be possible.

Read more

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!

100%
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-flare2024/11/20M1.1
Last geomagnetic storm2024/11/10Kp5+ (G1)
Spotless days
Last spotless day2022/06/08
Monthly mean Sunspot Number
October 2024166.4 +25
November 2024142.7 -23.8
Last 30 days155.2 +4.4

This day in history*

Solar flares
12012M5.08
21999M4.93
31999M3.27
42000M2.33
52012M2.11
DstG
12003-309G3
21991-135G3
32002-128G3
41960-111G2
51970-110G2
*since 1994

Social networks