Viewing archive of Sunday, 26 March 2017

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 Mar 26 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 26 Mar 2017 until 28 Mar 2017
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Minor storm expected (A>=30 or K=5)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
26 Mar 2017077007
27 Mar 2017077034
28 Mar 2017077024

Bulletin

In the past 24 hours, no C flares were observed. Very low solar activity (no C flares) is expected in the next 24 hours, with a slight chance for a C flare from new beta region NOAA AR 2644. Over the past 24 hours, solar wind speed measured by DSCOVR decreased from about 480 to 390 km/s, while the magnitude of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) ranged between about 1 and 4 nT. Quiet geomagnetic conditions (K Dourbes between 0 and 2; NOAA Kp between 0 and 2) were registered in the past 24 hours. Quiet to unsettled geomagnetic conditions (K Dourbes < 4) are expected on March 26. The arrival of a high speed stream from a large, recurrent coronal hole is expected at the end of March 26 or the first half of March 27. Consequently, active to minor storm geomagnetic conditions (K Dourbes = 4 to 5) are possible on March 27 and 28, with a slight chance for moderate geomagnetic storm intervals (K Dourbes = 6).

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 024, based on 17 stations.

Solar indices for 25 Mar 2017

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux074
AK Chambon La Forêt007
AK Wingst003
Estimated Ap003
Estimated international sunspot number016 - Based on 33 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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