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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2021 Jan 24 1240 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 24 Jan 2021 until 26 Jan 2021
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
24 Jan 2021078007
25 Jan 2021078010
26 Jan 2021077006

Bulletin

Solar flaring activity is low, and only one B-class flare was reported during last 24 hours. We expect such a low level of flaring activity to continue in the coming hours. Although low C-class flares are possible, they are not very probable. The B3.0 class flare (peaked at 23:53 UT on January 23) which originated from the Catania sunspot group 67 (NOAA AR 2798) was possibly associated with the Earth directed CME. More will be reported when the coronagraph observations become available. During last 24 hours proton flux levels remained at background values.

Earth is inside a slow solar wind with the speed of about 370 km/s, and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is 4 nT. The geomagnetic conditions are presently quiet and we expect them to stay so in the coming hours.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 024, based on 17 stations.

Solar indices for 23 Jan 2021

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux078
AK Chambon La Forêt009
AK Wingst///
Estimated Ap005
Estimated international sunspot number032 - Based on 14 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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