Viewing archive of Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Jan 05 1255 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 05 Jan 2016 until 07 Jan 2016
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

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

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
05 Jan 2016095007
06 Jan 2016098016
07 Jan 2016103007

Bulletin

Solar activity has been very,low, no C-class flares in past 24h. Four active regions are visible on the disk (3 with beta and 1 with gamma magnetic field configuration), C-class flaring can be expected. Solar wind speed is at 400 km/s with interplanetary magnetic field magnitude of 7 nT. Quiet geomagnetic conditions have been observed in the past 24h. The arrival of a high speed stream from an equatorial coronal hole is expected to arrive within 48h, rising levels up to minor storm conditions.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 036, based on 06 stations.

Solar indices for 04 Jan 2016

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux095
AK Chambon La Forêt007
AK Wingst005
Estimated Ap004
Estimated international sunspot number064 - Based on 12 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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