Viewing archive of Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Mar 30 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 30 Mar 2016 until 01 Apr 2016
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
30 Mar 2016087009
31 Mar 2016086008
01 Apr 2016086011

Bulletin

Solar flaring activity was restricted to a single B-class flare produced by NOAA 2524 from behind the west limb. Active region NOAA 2526 was quiet. No earth-directed coronal mass ejections have been observed.

Quiet conditions are expected.

Earth remained under the influence of the positive transequatorial coronal hole stream. Solar wind speed was variable between mostly 520 to 570 km/s, ending the period near 530 km/s. Bz has been undulating between -5 and +5 nT. Geomagnetic conditions were quiet to unsettled and are expected to persist for the next two days.

A small negative equatorial coronal hole and associated co-rotating interaction region may start influencing the earth environment late on 1 April or on 2 April, possibly resulting in minor to major geomagnetic storming.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 013, based on 16 stations.

Solar indices for 29 Mar 2016

Wolf number Catania019
10cm solar flux088
AK Chambon La Forêt017
AK Wingst012
Estimated Ap012
Estimated international sunspot number016 - Based on 27 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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