Viewing archive of Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 Mar 08 1231 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 08 Mar 2017 until 10 Mar 2017
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
08 Mar 2017072007
09 Mar 2017071005
10 Mar 2017071012

Bulletin

Solar activity was very low over the last 24 hours. There are currently no sunspot regions on the visible solar hemisphere. No earth- directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed in available coronagraphic imagery. The greater than 10MeV proton flux was at nominal levels.

Quiet flaring conditions are expected to continue.

Earth remained under the waning influence of the high speed stream (HSS) from the trans-equatorial extension from the negative southern polar coronal hole (CH). Solar wind speed declined from an initial range between 650 and 600 km/s to values between 520-560 km/s at the end of the period. Bz fluctuated between -5 nT and +5 nT. The interplanetary magnetic field was directed towards the Sun.

The geomagnetic field was at quiet to unsettled levels, and is expected to remain so. If the particle stream associated with the diffuse positive coronal hole arrives on 9-11 March, then an isolated active period is possible.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 11 stations.

Solar indices for 07 Mar 2017

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux072
AK Chambon La Forêt022
AK Wingst017
Estimated Ap017
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

All times in UTC

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