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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2020 Mar 15 1231 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 15 Mar 2020 until 17 Mar 2020
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
15 Mar 2020069005
16 Mar 2020068008
17 Mar 2020069005

Bulletin

Solar flaring activity is very low, without C-class or even B-class flares reported during last 24 hours. We expect such a low level of flaring activity to persist in the coming hours. No Earth directed CMEs have been observed in coronagraph data and proton flux levels were at background values. The Earth is presently inside the slow solar wind with the speed of about 350 km/s, and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is 4 nT. Rather large, equatorial coronal hole of negative polarity reached central meridian this morning. The associated solar wind can be expected at the Earth on March 18. The geomagnetic conditions are quiet and we expect them to stay so in the coming hours.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 15 stations.

Solar indices for 14 Mar 2020

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux068
AK Chambon La Forêt006
AK Wingst003
Estimated Ap003
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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