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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 Mar 20 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 20 Mar 2017 until 22 Mar 2017
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

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

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
20 Mar 2017071009
21 Mar 2017072024
22 Mar 2017073024

Bulletin

There are currently no sunspots groups on the visible hemisphere of the Sun. In the past 24 hours, no C flares were observed. Very low solar activity (no C flares) is expected in the next 24 hours. Solar wind speed measured by DSCOVR varied between about 300 and 330 km/s in the past 24 hours, while the magnitude of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) varied between about 1 and 5 nT. Quiet geomagnetic conditions (K Dourbes between 0 and 2; NOAA Kp between 0 and 1) were registered in the past 24 hours. Quiet to active levels (K Dourbes < 5) are possible on March 20, 21 and 22, with a chance for minor geomagnetic storm intervals (K Dourbes = 5), due to the expected arrival of a high speed stream from a positive equatorial coronal hole in the second half of March 20.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 10 stations.

Solar indices for 19 Mar 2017

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux071
AK Chambon La Forêt005
AK Wingst002
Estimated Ap002
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 22 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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