Viewing archive of Friday, 12 August 2016

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Aug 12 1240 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 12 Aug 2016 until 14 Aug 2016
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
12 Aug 2016095013
13 Aug 2016092007
14 Aug 2016090006

Bulletin

There are five active regions observed on the visible side of the solar disc. Only one C-class flare and several B-class flares were reported during last 24 hours. The C2.4 flare (peaked at 16:44 UT on August 11) originated from the NOAA AR 2574. We expect solar activity to remain low, with possibility of isolated C-class flares. No Earth directed CMEs were observed in the last 24 hours. The Earth is still inside the fast solar wind, but the solar wind speed started to decrease and it currently amounts about 530 km/s. The interplanetary magnetic field is stable and amounts about 5 nT. The geomagnetic conditions are presently quiet to unsettled, and we expect them to stay so in the coming hours.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 078, based on 17 stations.

Solar indices for 11 Aug 2016

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux095
AK Chambon La Forêt024
AK Wingst009
Estimated Ap010
Estimated international sunspot number077 - Based on 18 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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