Viewing archive of Saturday, 17 November 2018

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Nov 17 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 17 Nov 2018 until 19 Nov 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
17 Nov 2018072003
18 Nov 2018072004
19 Nov 2018072004

Bulletin

There were no flares on the visible solar disc of the Sun in the past 24 hours. The chance for a C flare in the next 24 hours is estimated at 10%.

No Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) were observed in available coronagraphic imagery.

The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at nominal levels in the past 24 hours, and is expected to stay at nominal levels in the next 24 hours.

In the past 24 hours, solar wind speed near Earth as registered by DSCOVR varied between about 315 and 365 km/s, with current values around 330 km/s. The Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) was predominantly directed towards the Sun and its magnitude varied between about 0 and 6 nT. Bz was never below -5 nT.

Quiet geomagnetic conditions (K Dourbes between 0 and 2; NOAA Kp between 0 and 1) were registered in the past 24 hours. Quiet to unsettled conditions (K Dourbes < 4) are expected on November 17, 18 and 19.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 016, based on 18 stations.

Solar indices for 16 Nov 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux071
AK Chambon La Forêt005
AK Wingst002
Estimated Ap001
Estimated international sunspot number015 - Based on 13 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
None

Provided by the Solar Influences Data analysis Center© - SIDC - Processed by SpaceWeatherLive

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