Viewing archive of Monday, 13 August 2018

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Aug 13 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 13 Aug 2018 until 15 Aug 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Active conditions expected (A>=20 or K=4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
13 Aug 2018069006
14 Aug 2018070010
15 Aug 2018070021

Bulletin

The solar activity has been quiet over the past 24 hours: the visible solar disc is spotless and no significant flares have been recorded. Quiet flaring conditions are expected for the next 24-hour period.

No Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejection has been observed. The solar protons flux remained at nominal levels over the past 24 hours and is expected to remain so.

The solar wind speed ranged between 380 and 420 km/s, the total interplanetary magnetic fields remained below 6 nT, and the southward magnetic component varied between -4 and 3.5 nT. A north pole coronal hole (of positive polarity) that extended up to latitude -15 degree, reached the central meridian on July 11. The fast solar wind associated to this coronal hole is expect to reach Earth on July 15 early in the day.

The geomagnetic conditions were quiet and it is expected to remain quiet as the Earth remains in the slow solar wind speed regime. Enhancement of the geomagnetic conditions are expected on July 14 due to the arrival of the high speed solar wind.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 19 stations.

Solar indices for 12 Aug 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux068
AK Chambon La Forêt009
AK Wingst008
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 22 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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