Viewing archive of Thursday, 5 March 2020

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2020 Mar 05 1231 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 05 Mar 2020 until 07 Mar 2020
Solar flares

C-class flares expected, (probability >=50%)

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
05 Mar 2020070006
06 Mar 2020070007
07 Mar 2020070007

Bulletin

The solar activity was at low levels over the past 24 hours. The sun was spotless and the X-ray flux was below B-level. The solar activity is expected to remain at low levels for the next 24 hours since no sunspots is visible on the disc.

No earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) have been identified in available coronagraphic imagery. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at nominal values.

The solar wind conditions have returned to a slow solar wind regime. The wind speed decreased from 405 km/s to 340 km/s since March 04 around 17:00 UTC, the total interplanetary magnetic field remained below 7 nT, and the southward component fluctuated between -6 nT and 4 nT. The solar wind environment is expected to remain in the slow wind regime.

The geomagnetic conditions were quiet with periods of unsettled condition observed by Kp (NOAA) and Dourbes station (Kp, K-Dourbes = 3). We expect the geomagnetic conditions to remain mostly quiet.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 07 stations.

Solar indices for 04 Mar 2020

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux070
AK Chambon La Forêt///
AK Wingst006
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 19 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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