Viewing archive of Tuesday, 13 September 2016

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Sep 13 1309 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 13 Sep 2016 until 15 Sep 2016
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
13 Sep 2016087006
14 Sep 2016085011
15 Sep 2016083008

Bulletin

Solar activity was low in the past 24 hours. Only one B2.7 flare was observed today (13-Sep-2016) from active region (AR 2585) which peaked at 04:44 UT. Three additional active regions are presently observed on the solar disk. Their magnetic configuration is simple and the probability to produce a flare is small. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed. Solar activity is expected to be low with a small probability of C-class flares. Solar wind parameters were at nominal values. The Solar wind speed measured by DSCOVR and ACE fluctuated around 300 km/s. The magnitude of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (Bt) has decreased from 8 nT to 5 nT, while Bz has been mainly negative since 19:00 UT yesterday ranging between +8 nT and -5 nT. There are currently no significant coronal holes on the solar disk that may influence the Earth. In the past 24 hours, geomagnetic conditions have been quiet (K Dourbes between 1 and 3; NOAA Kp between 1 and 2). Geomagnetic activity is expected to remain the low over the next 24 hours, with a small possibility of an increase when we encounter a sector boundary crossing on 2016-Sep-14.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 038, based on 24 stations.

Solar indices for 12 Sep 2016

Wolf number Catania065
10cm solar flux087
AK Chambon La Forêt009
AK Wingst006
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number058 - Based on 35 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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