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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Mar 07 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 07 Mar 2016 until 09 Mar 2016
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Active conditions expected (A>=20 or K=4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
07 Mar 2016096026
08 Mar 2016094007
09 Mar 2016092007

Bulletin

Solar activity has been very low (No C-class flares in past 48h) and it's expected to remain so. C-class flares are possible. The arrival a high speed stream (and most likely an ICME before) caused a geomagnetic storm that started in the evening of March 6 and it's still ongoing. Kp reached 8 and K at Dourbes reached 6. The source of the ICME is not clear, it can be related to a filament eruption from the east limb on March 1 (leading to a 115 degree wide CME, first seen by LASCO C2 at 08:24 UT). Geomagnetic conditions are unsettled to active at present, isolated active periods can be expected today and quiet to unsettled conditions tomorrow.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 073, based on 16 stations.

Solar indices for 06 Mar 2016

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux096
AK Chambon La Forêt066
AK Wingst031
Estimated Ap034
Estimated international sunspot number067 - Based on 23 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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