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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Sep 16 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 16 Sep 2018 until 18 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
16 Sep 2018070008
17 Sep 2018071012
18 Sep 2018070007

Bulletin

Over the past 24 hours solar activity has been Low. No significant flares have been recorded. There are currently no significant ARs on the solar disk. 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 decreased from around 525 to 420 km/s over the past 24 hours. The total magnetic field strength has fluctuated around 4nT. The Bz component has been mainly negative, fluctuating between -4 and +4 nT. Geomagnetic conditions ranged between Kp index 1-2 (NOAA) and local K index 1-3 (Dourbes) over the past 24 hours. Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be quiet over the next 24 hours. Mostly unsettled geomagnetic conditions can be expected from tomorrow (17 September) due to the expected influences from the negative polarity coronal hole.

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

Solar indices for 15 Sep 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux069
AK Chambon La Forêt013
AK Wingst009
Estimated Ap009
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 34 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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