Viewing archive of Saturday, 29 April 2017

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 Apr 29 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 29 Apr 2017 until 01 May 2017
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
29 Apr 2017078006
30 Apr 2017076008
01 May 2017075006

Bulletin

The only reported flare, during last 24 hours, was B1.3 flare (peaked at 17:12 UT on April 28) which originated from the Catania sunspot group 18 (NOAA AR 2653). We expect solar activity to remain on the same level, with only occasional low B-class flares. No Earth directed CMEs have been observed and the solar protons remained at background level in the past 24 hours. The solar wind speed is presently about 400 km/s and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is 5nT. The geomagnetic conditions are presently quiet and we expect them to remain so in the coming hours.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 034, based on 23 stations.

Solar indices for 28 Apr 2017

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux078
AK Chambon La Forêt014
AK Wingst007
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number036 - Based on 21 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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