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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Sep 21 1233 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 21 Sep 2018 until 23 Sep 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
21 Sep 2018067004
22 Sep 2018067010
23 Sep 2018066010

Bulletin

The level of the solar flaring activity is extremely low, with no reports of C-class and even B-class flares. The last reported flare (B-class or stronger) was B1.0 flare on September 11. We expect such a low lever of activity to persist in the coming hours. During last 24 hours we did not observe signatures of the possibly Earth directed CMEs, and the solar protons remained at the background level.

The Earth is still inside the slow solar wind with the speed of about 330 km/s, and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is 3 nT. The geomagnetic conditions are presently quiet and we expect them to stay so in the coming hours. We can expect unsettled geomagnetic conditions late on September 22 due to expected arrival of the fast solar wind.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 25 stations.

Solar indices for 20 Sep 2018

Wolf number Catania000
10cm solar flux067
AK Chambon La Forêt004
AK Wingst001
Estimated Ap002
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 29 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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