Viewing archive of Sunday, 3 July 2016

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Jul 03 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 03 Jul 2016 until 05 Jul 2016
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
03 Jul 2016071018
04 Jul 2016070011
05 Jul 2016072005

Bulletin

The background X-ray flax has slightly increased to a low B-level. The only reported flare during last 24 hours was B1.6 flare, which peaked at 09:58 UT today. We expect low solar activity to persist in the coming hours. No Earth directed CMEs were observed in the last 24 hours.

The increase of the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude, and the fluctuations of the Bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field started at about 18:00 UT, yesterday. Simultaneously with the change of the interplanetary magnetic field, the increase of the density and solar wind speed was reported. All these indicates arrival of the fast solar wind associated with the equatorial coronal hole. The solar wind speed is about 480 km/s and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is presently 7 nT. The occasional short intervals of negative value of the Bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field resulted in disturbed geomagnetic conditions yesterday evening and early this morning (K=4 was reported by local station Dourbes and NOAA reported Kp=4). The geomagnetic conditions are quiet to unsettled and expected to remain so in the coming hours.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 22 stations.

Solar indices for 02 Jul 2016

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux071
AK Chambon La Forêt019
AK Wingst009
Estimated Ap010
Estimated international sunspot number000 - 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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