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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2020 Feb 18 1231 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 18 Feb 2020 until 20 Feb 2020
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 Feb 2020071017
19 Feb 2020071012
20 Feb 2020071007

Bulletin

No active regions visible on the Sun. No flares observed, nor expected.

No Earth directed CMEs in the past 24 h. Solar protons have remained at background levels over the past 24 hours.

The solar wind speed is at 380 km/s with interplanetary magnetic field magnitude of 7 nT (with Bz up to -7 nT). Quiet to unsettled geomagnetic conditions have been observed in the past 24 h locally at Dourbes (K = 1-3), and one active period observed at planetary level (Kp = 4). The solar wind from a weak and patchy negative polarity coronal hole could be influencing the Earth, the same situation can be expected for the coming days.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 24 stations.

Solar indices for 17 Feb 2020

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux071
AK Chambon La Forêt019
AK Wingst///
Estimated Ap011
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 28 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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