Viewing archive of Saturday, 6 October 2018

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Oct 06 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 06 Oct 2018 until 08 Oct 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Moderate (ISES: Major) magstorm expected (A>=50 or K=6)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
06 Oct 2018067008
07 Oct 2018066017
08 Oct 2018066027

Bulletin

NOAA 2723 rotated over the west limb, there are no active regions visible on the solar disk. No C-class flares in past 24 h. Solar activity is expected to remain at low levels.

No Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have been detected. Solar protons have remained at background levels over the past 24 hours.

The solar wind speed is at 380 km/s with interplanetary magnetic fields of 3 nT. Geomagnetic conditions have been quiet to unsettled. The fast solar wind associated with a positive polarity coronal hole will arrive to the Earth on October 7-8, causing disturbed geomagnetic conditions (with K probably arriving up to 6).

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 18 stations.

Solar indices for 05 Oct 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux069
AK Chambon La Forêt014
AK Wingst012
Estimated Ap010
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 35 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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