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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 1998 Jan 11 2200 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity

SDF Number 011 Issued at 2200Z on 11 JAN 1998

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

SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. ISOLATED B-CLASS X-RAY FLARES OCCURRED. A NEW REGION EMERGED JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF REGION 8131 (S24E10) AND WAS NUMBERED AS 8132 (S18E03). BOTH REGIONS WERE STABLE DURING THE PERIOD. NEW REGIONS 8133 (N04E24) AND 8134 (N15E73) WERE ALSO NUMBERED. SPACE-BASED CORONAGRAPH IMAGERY INDICATED A CORONAL MASS EJECTION (CME) DEPARTED THE WEST LIMB AROUND 10/2200UT. THE CME WAS SLIGHTLY INCLINED TO THE ECLIPTIC AND APPEARED TO BE MOSTLY WESTWARD DIRECTED.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast
SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LOW TO LOW. REGIONS 8131 AND 8132 MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED C-CLASS FLARES.
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 10-2100Z to 11-2100Z
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD HAS BEEN MOSTLY QUIET WITH ISOLATED UNSETTLED PERIODS OBSERVED AT MIDDLE AND HIGH LATITUDES. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX DECLINED TO MODERATE LEVELS EARLY IN THE PERIOD.
IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT MOSTLY QUIET LEVELS. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECLINE.
III. Event Probabilities 12 JAN to 14 JAN
Class M05%05%05%
Class X01%01%01%
Proton01%01%01%
PCAFGREEN
IV. Penticton 10.7 cm Flux
  Observed       11 JAN 085
  Predicted   12 JAN-14 JAN  086/086/086
  90 Day Mean        11 JAN 095
V. Geomagnetic A Indices
OBSERVED AFR/AP 10 JAN  007/006
ESTIMATED AFR/AP 11 JAN  007/008
PREDICTED AFR/AP 12 JAN-14 JAN  005/005-005/005-005/005
VI. Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities 12 JAN to 14 JAN
A. Middle Latitudes
Active05%05%05%
Minor storm01%01%01%
Major-severe storm01%01%01%
B. High Latitudes
Active05%05%05%
Minor storm05%05%05%
Major-severe storm01%01%01%

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