Viewing archive of Monday, 29 February 2016

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Feb 29 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 29 Feb 2016 until 02 Mar 2016
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
29 Feb 2016094007
01 Mar 2016093006
02 Mar 2016090008

Bulletin

Solar activity continues to be very low with no C-class flares reported during last 24 hours. We do not expect significant change in the level of the solar activity, however C-class flares are still possible in the coming hours, in particularly from the Catania sunspot group 27 (NOAA 2506) which maintains beta-gamma configuration of its photospheric magnetic field. No Earth directed CMEs were observed in the last 24 hours. The Earth is currently inside the slow solar wind with the speed of about 340 km/s, and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is 4 nT. The fast flow from the equatorial coronal hole, seemingly connected to the northern polar coronal hole, which reached central meridian on February 26 can be expected tomorrow. Currently, geomagnetic conditions are quiet and are expected to remain so in the coming hours. The arrival of the fast flow might induce disturbed geomagnetic conditions starting from March 1.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 049, based on 17 stations.

Solar indices for 28 Feb 2016

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux093
AK Chambon La Forêt007
AK Wingst003
Estimated Ap003
Estimated international sunspot number038 - Based on 24 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
None

Provided by the Solar Influences Data analysis Center© - SIDC - Processed by SpaceWeatherLive

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