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Solar activity report

Any mentioned solar flare in this report has a scaling factor applied by the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). Because of the SWPC scaling factor, solar flares are reported as 42% smaller than for the science quality data. The scaling factor has been removed from our archived solar flare data to reflect the true physical units.
Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity 1997 Sep 11 2200 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity

SDF Number 254 Issued at 2200Z on 11 SEP 1997

IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 10-2100Z to 11-2100Z

SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. NO SIGNIFICANT FLARES OCCURRED. REGIONS 8083 (S28W48), 8084 (N22W13), AND 8085 (S26E15) HAVE ALL REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE AND QUIET SINCE YESTERDAY. REGION 8085 CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST COMPLEX AS A 25-SPOT 'FKI' BETA-GAMMA GROUP. IN ADDITION, NEW REGION 8086, A SIMPLE 'BXO' BETA GROUP, WAS NUMBERED TODAY AS IT ROTATED AROUND THE EAST LIMB.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast
SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW TO MODERATE. THE PROBABILITY FOR C-CLASS X-RAY EVENTS REMAINS HIGH FOR REGIONS 8083, 8084, AND 8085, WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR AN ISOLATED M-CLASS EVENT FROM REGION 8085.
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 10-2100Z to 11-2100Z
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD HAS BEEN QUIET TO UNSETTLED FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS, EXCEPT FOR A SINGLE PERIOD OF ACTIVE CONDITIONS RECORDED AT MIDDLE LATITUDES DURING THE INTERVAL 10/2100-2400Z. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX RANGED FROM MODERATE TO HIGH.
IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS, WITH UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE CONDITIONS ON DAY TWO, AND MOSTLY UNSETTLED ON DAY THREE.
III. Event Probabilities 12 SEP to 14 SEP
Class M30%30%30%
Class X01%01%01%
Proton01%01%01%
PCAFGREEN
IV. Penticton 10.7 cm Flux
  Observed       11 SEP 109
  Predicted   12 SEP-14 SEP  105/105/102
  90 Day Mean        11 SEP 078
V. Geomagnetic A Indices
OBSERVED AFR/AP 10 SEP  017/019
ESTIMATED AFR/AP 11 SEP  010/012
PREDICTED AFR/AP 12 SEP-14 SEP  015/015-015/015-010/010
VI. Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities 12 SEP to 14 SEP
A. Middle Latitudes
Active20%30%15%
Minor storm10%15%05%
Major-severe storm06%06%01%
B. High Latitudes
Active20%30%15%
Minor storm10%15%05%
Major-severe storm06%06%01%

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