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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Oct 08 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 08 Oct 2016 until 10 Oct 2016
Solar flares

C-class flares expected, (probability >=50%)

Geomagnetism

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

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
08 Oct 2016106011
09 Oct 2016107011
10 Oct 2016106011

Bulletin

Over the past 24 hours solar activity has been very low. No significant flares have been recorded. Active Region AR 2598 (Mcintosh class:Dai; Mag. type:Beta) has been most active producing B-class flares, but shows evidence of flux emergence in HMI magnetogram observations, which may result in increased flaring activity around the C-class level over the next 24 hours. The solar wind speed has fluctuated between 400 and 475 km/s over the past 24 hours. The total magnetic field strength has fluctuated between 3 nT and 7 nT. The Bz component fluctuated between -5 and +5 nT, but remained mainly positive. Geomagnetic conditions ranged between Kp index 1-4 (NOAA) and local K index 1-3 (Dourbes) over the past 24 hours. There is currently a small positive polarity Northern polar coronal hole which shouldn't affect the Earth.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 066, based on 13 stations.

Solar indices for 07 Oct 2016

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux104
AK Chambon La Forêt013
AK Wingst008
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number062 - Based on 17 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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