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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 Nov 20 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 20 Nov 2017 until 22 Nov 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 Nov 2017074018
21 Nov 2017075008
22 Nov 2017074004

Bulletin

Over the past 24 hours solar activity has been quiet. No significant flares have been recorded. All Active Regions (AR) have shown low levels of activity. No Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have been detected. The greater than 10MeV proton flux remained at background levels over the past 24 hours. Solar activity is expected to remain low over the next 24 hours with a low probability of C-class flares. The solar wind speed has fluctuated between 340 and 370 km/s over the past 24 hours. The total magnetic field strength has fluctuated between 0.7 nT and 4 nT. The Bz component was largely positive, fluctuating between -1.2 and +3 nT. Geomagnetic conditions ranged between Kp index 0-1 (NOAA) and local K index 0-2 (Dourbes) over the past 24 hours. A positive polar coronal hole is currently positioned in the Western hemisphere of the Sun and the resulting high-speed stream (HSS) may enhance solar wind speeds later today and as a consequence may increase geo-activity levels. Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be quiet to unsettled.

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

Solar indices for 19 Nov 2017

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux074
AK Chambon La Forêt009
AK Wingst004
Estimated Ap004
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 27 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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