Viewing archive of Thursday, 8 November 2018

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Nov 08 1334 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 08 Nov 2018 until 10 Nov 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
08 Nov 2018069018
09 Nov 2018069015
10 Nov 2018069008

Bulletin

Over the past 24 hours solar activity has been low. A new bipolar active region (Catania 1) emerged but remained inactive. 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 very low over the next 24 hours. The solar wind speed has slightly increased from about 425 to 450 km/s over the past 24 hours. The total magnetic field strength is below 7 nT. The Bz component fluctuated around 0 nT, ranging between -6 and +5 nT. Geomagnetic conditions ranged between Kp index 2-4 (NOAA) and local K index1-4 (Dourbes) over the past 24 hours. Unsettled to quiet geomagnetic conditions can be expected.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 16 stations.

Solar indices for 07 Nov 2018

Wolf number Catania000
10cm solar flux069
AK Chambon La Forêt019
AK Wingst010
Estimated Ap011
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 25 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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