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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2021 Jan 20 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 20 Jan 2021 until 22 Jan 2021
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
20 Jan 2021078006
21 Jan 2021076006
22 Jan 2021076006

Bulletin

During last 24 hours the solar flaring activity slightly increased. Several B-class and an isolated C-class flares were reported, all originating from the NOAA AR 2797. The impulsive C1.0 flare peaked at 17:54 UT on January 19. Presently available coronagraph observations (there is a large data gap in observations) do not show signatures of the possibly associated CME. We expect such a level of flaring activity to persist in the coming hours. During last 24 hours no Earth directed CMEs were observed in coronagraph data, and proton flux levels remained at background values.

The solar wind speed is presently around 340 km/s and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is about 6 nT. The geomagnetic conditions are presently quiet and we expect quiet to unsettled geomagnetic conditions in the coming hours.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 019, based on 13 stations.

Solar indices for 19 Jan 2021

Wolf number Catania025
10cm solar flux078
AK Chambon La Forêt007
AK Wingst///
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number017 - Based on 16 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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