Viewing archive of Sunday, 11 February 2018

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Feb 11 1303 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 11 Feb 2018 until 13 Feb 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
11 Feb 2018078002
12 Feb 2018079003
13 Feb 2018078005

Bulletin

Solar activity slightly increased during the period. NOAA 2699 active region, in spite of decaying magnetic configuration, produced multiple B-class flares and one C4.6 flare peaking at 13:21 UT yesterday. Proton flux levels are at background values and are expected to remain so. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed. C-class flares (and with a tiny chance M-class flares) are still expected. Solar wind speed is currently at 315 km/s with interplanetary magnetic field magnitude of 2.5 nT. Geomagnetic conditions have been very quiet. The fast speed solar wind coming from the transient low latitude negative polarity coronal hole will affect the Earth environment in 4-5 days from now. Mostly quiet geomagnetic conditions are expected in the next 3 days. Isolated episodes of unsettled conditions are not excluded due to occasional passages of transient features.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 030, based on 12 stations.

Solar indices for 10 Feb 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux078
AK Chambon La Forêt009
AK Wingst008
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number027 - Based on 13 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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