Viewing archive of Monday, 18 March 2019

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2019 Mar 18 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 18 Mar 2019 until 20 Mar 2019
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Active conditions expected (A>=20 or K=4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
18 Mar 2019069005
19 Mar 2019070011
20 Mar 2019071007

Bulletin

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 very 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 350 km/s with interplanetary magnetic fields of 5 nT. Geomagnetic conditions have been quiet to unsettled (K = 1 - 3) in the past 24 h. A relatively long magnetic field with low variability together with low temperature could have marked the arrival yesterday of the March 12 CME. The effect of a high speed stream from a small equatorial coronal hole, with positive magnetic field polarity, may reach the Earth in about 24 h and cause up to active geomagnetic storm conditions (K = 4).

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 013, based on 17 stations.

Solar indices for 17 Mar 2019

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux069
AK Chambon La Forêt011
AK Wingst015
Estimated Ap018
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 27 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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