Viewing archive of Friday, 8 January 2016

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Jan 08 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 08 Jan 2016 until 10 Jan 2016
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
08 Jan 2016103006
09 Jan 2016105007
10 Jan 2016106007

Bulletin

Solar activity has been very low, no C-class flares in past 24 hours. NOAA AR 2480 and 2481 could produce C-class flares in the next hours. The effects of the fast solar wind stream are vanishing, speeds descended below 500 km/s and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude below 5 nT. Geomagnetic conditions have been quiet to unsettled, more quiet conditions are expected.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 073, based on 17 stations.

Solar indices for 07 Jan 2016

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux103
AK Chambon La Forêt017
AK Wingst013
Estimated Ap014
Estimated international sunspot number052 - Based on 08 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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