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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Jul 29 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 29 Jul 2018 until 31 Jul 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
29 Jul 2018068006
30 Jul 2018068007
31 Jul 2018068007

Bulletin

The Sun is spotless and produced only a few A flares in the past 24 hours, from a new region near the East limb. The chance for a C flare in the next 24 hours is estimated at 5%.

No Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) were observed in available coronagraphic imagery.

The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at nominal levels in the past 24 hours, and is expected to stay at nominal levels in the next 24 hours.

Solar wind speed as registered by DSCOVR further decreased from about 370 to 315 km/s. The Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) was oriented towards the Sun and its magnitude varied between about 3 and 5 nT. Bz was never below -5 nT. The solar wind is expected to stay at nominal levels in the next days.

Quiet to unsettled geomagnetic conditions (K Dourbes between 1 and 3; NOAA Kp between 1 and 2) were registered in the past 24 hours. Quiet to unsettled conditions (K Dourbes < 4) are expected on July 29, 30 and 31.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 20 stations.

Solar indices for 28 Jul 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux068
AK Chambon La Forêt///
AK Wingst006
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 36 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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