Viewing archive of Monday, 4 January 2016

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Jan 04 1259 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 04 Jan 2016 until 06 Jan 2016
Solar flares

Quiet conditions (<50% probability of C-class flares)

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
04 Jan 2016102007
05 Jan 2016104007
06 Jan 2016106007

Bulletin

Solar activity has been very low, no C-class flares in past 24h. The situation is not expected to change, as the 3 active regions on the visible disk (NOAA AR 2476, 2477, 2478) are fairly simple and do not have potential for strong flares. Solar wind speed is at 450 km/s with interplanetary magnetic field magnitude of 5 nT, at the L1 point. The shock from the CME on 1 December may still arrive to the Earth and increase geomagnetic conditions, but otherwise mostly quiet periods are expected.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 073, based on 07 stations.

Solar indices for 03 Jan 2016

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux102
AK Chambon La Forêt013
AK Wingst010
Estimated Ap007
Estimated international sunspot number046 - Based on 11 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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