Viewing archive of Thursday, 30 August 2018

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Aug 30 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 30 Aug 2018 until 01 Sep 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
30 Aug 2018071011
31 Aug 2018071004
01 Sep 2018072004

Bulletin

Over the past 24 hours solar activity has been Low. No significant flares have been recorded. There are currently no ARs on the solar disk, although a new AR will rotate into view tomorrow. 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 been decreasing from 550 and 340 km/s. The total magnetic field strength has fluctuated around 3 nT. The Bz component has fluctuated around 0, ranging between -3 and +3 nT. Geomagnetic conditions ranged between Kp index 1-2 (NOAA) and local K index 1-3 (Dourbes) over the past 24 hours. Small enhancements in geomagnetic activity may be experienced due to a region of patchy coronal hole located near disk centre a couple of days ago. Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be quiet to active.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 22 stations.

Solar indices for 29 Aug 2018

Wolf number Catania000
10cm solar flux071
AK Chambon La Forêt010
AK Wingst008
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 23 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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