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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Mar 01 1249 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 01 Mar 2016 until 03 Mar 2016
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
01 Mar 2016091014
02 Mar 2016089015
03 Mar 2016088008

Bulletin

Solar activity remains to be low, without C-class flares reported. The strongest reported flare in the last 24 hours was the B6.2 flare which peaked at 00:52 UT today. The C-class flares are still possible but not very probable in the coming hours (probability about 20%). No Earth directed CMEs were observed in the last 24 hours.

The solar wind speed currently amounts 400 km/s, and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is about 7 nT. The increase of the solar wind speed and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude observed at about 03:00 UT this morning indicates arrival of the fast solar wind associated with the equatorial coronal hole (seemingly connected to the northern polar coronal hole), which reached central meridian on February 26. Further increase of the solar wind speed is possible in the coming hours. Currently, geomagnetic conditions are quiet to unsettled. We can expect unsettled to active geomagnetic conditions in the coming hours.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 067, based on 09 stations.

Solar indices for 29 Feb 2016

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux091
AK Chambon La Forêt012
AK Wingst005
Estimated Ap005
Estimated international sunspot number/// - Based on /// 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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