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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Oct 28 1231 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 28 Oct 2018 until 30 Oct 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
28 Oct 2018069005
29 Oct 2018069007
30 Oct 2018069011

Bulletin

Over the past 24 hours solar activity has been low. No significant flares have been recorded. There are currently no significant Active Regions 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 and a low probability of M-class flares.

The solar wind speed fluctuated between 375 to 320 km/s over the past 24 hours. The total magnetic field strength has fluctuated around 3 nT. The Bz component fluctuated around 0 nT, ranging between -4 and +4 nT. Geomagnetic conditions ranged between Kp index 0-2 (NOAA) and local K index 0-3 (Dourbes) over the past 24 hours. A small low latitude coronal hole passed the central meridian today and could increase solar wind speeds at Earth in a couple of days. Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be quiet to unsettled.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 14 stations.

Solar indices for 27 Oct 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux069
AK Chambon La Forêt005
AK Wingst002
Estimated Ap002
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 20 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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