Viewing archive of Saturday, 7 November 2020

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2020 Nov 07 1244 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 07 Nov 2020 until 09 Nov 2020
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
07 Nov 2020094006
08 Nov 2020094007
09 Nov 2020094007

Bulletin

The sunspot region (Catania sunspot group 50, NOAA-AR 2781) has continued to show some flaring activities, including a C1.8-class flare peaking at 06:16 UTC on November 7. The flaring activity is expected to continue with C-class flare coming from NOAA-AR 2781, and with a small chance of M-class flare. Erratum: The Ursigram issued on November 06 mentioned a "C9.0-class flare peaking at 21:56 UTC on November 5". This was incorrect, the biggest flare for that period was a C2.8-class flare peaking at 00:05 UTC on November 6. The biggest flare for that specific region remained so far the C7.3-class flare peaking at 00:22 UTC on November 5.

No Earth directed coronal mass ejections was observed in the available coronagraphic imagery in the last 24 hours.

The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at background levels over the past 24 hours. It is expected to stay at background levels for the next 24 hours. The greater than 2 MeV electrons flux remained just below the 10^3 pfu threshold. The electrons flux may cross slightly be above the 10^3 pfu during the next 24 hours.

The Earth continued to be under the influence of the solar wind streams affected by the presence of the south polar coronal hole (negative polarity). The solar wind parameters (DSCOVR) showed slightly enhanced values, with the solar wind speed around 500 km/s, the total interplanetary magnetic field reaching 7.9 nT, and the Bz magnetic field components fluctuating between -4.3 nT and 7.0 nT. The solar wind parameters are expected to remain slightly enhanced today due to the influence of the solar wind coming from the south coronal hole.

Geomagnetic conditions were mostly quiet. In response to the slight enhanced solar wind parameters one period of unsettled conditions was also observed in Kp-NOAA index (15:00-18:00 UTC on November 6) and several periods of unsettled conditions were observed in K-Dourbes index. The geomagnetic conditions are expected to be mostly quiet with possible periods of unsettled conditions.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 034, based on 16 stations.

Solar indices for 06 Nov 2020

Wolf number Catania044
10cm solar flux094
AK Chambon La Forêt014
AK Wingst009
Estimated Ap008
Estimated international sunspot number036 - Based on 29 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

<< Go to daily overview page

Latest news

Support SpaceWeatherLive.com!

A lot of people come to SpaceWeatherLive to follow the Sun's activity or if there is aurora to be seen, but with more traffic comes higher server costs. Consider a donation if you enjoy SpaceWeatherLive so we can keep the website online!

Donate SpaceWeatherLive Pro
Support SpaceWeatherLive with our merchandise
Check out our merchandise

Latest alerts

Get instant alerts!

Space weather facts

Last X-flare2025/03/28X1.1
Last M-flare2025/04/01M2.4
Last geomagnetic storm2025/03/27Kp5 (G1)
Spotless days
Last spotless day2022/06/08
Monthly mean Sunspot Number
February 2025154.6 +17.6
Last 30 days128.1 -22.5

This day in history*

Solar flares
12001X28.5
22001X2.01
32001X1.59
42014M9.35
52017M8.22
DstG
11960-272G3
21973-173G3
32001-101G1
41976-101G1
51994-96G3
*since 1994

Social networks