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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 Aug 25 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 25 Aug 2017 until 27 Aug 2017
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
25 Aug 2017078005
26 Aug 2017077007
27 Aug 2017076007

Bulletin

Active Region (AR) 2672 (McIntosh class: Esi; Mag.type: Beta- Gamma) produced C5.5 flare peaking at 07:27 UT today. AR 2671 (McIntosh class: Fsi; Mag.type: Beta-Gamma) produced multiple B-class flares during the past 24 hours; the largest flare was B8.4 flare peaking at 15:58 UT yesterday. No Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have been detected in available coronagraph imagery. Solar activity is expected to be at C-class flaring level for the next three days. Solar wind parameters variations decayed over the past 24 hours. The solar wind speed decreased from 410 to 350 km/s. The total magnetic field strength remained below 5.5 nT. The Bz component fluctuated around 0 nT but was mainly positive, ranging between -3.5 and +4 nT. Geomagnetic conditions ranged between Kp index 1-3 (NOAA) and local K index 0-3 (Dourbes) over the past 24 hours. Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be mostly quiet with some isolated episodes of Kp=3.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 050, based on 24 stations.

Solar indices for 24 Aug 2017

Wolf number Catania050
10cm solar flux079
AK Chambon La Forêt010
AK Wingst010
Estimated Ap012
Estimated international sunspot number052 - Based on 29 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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