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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 Feb 14 2200 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity

SDF Number 045 Issued at 2200Z on 14 FEB 1998

IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 13-2100Z to 14-2100Z

SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. REGION 8156 (S24E16) CONTINUED TO EMERGE, INCREASING IN BOTH SUNSPOT AREA AND NUMBER. THE LARGEST FLARE FROM THIS REGION DURING THE PAST DAY WAS A SF/B8 AT 14/0952Z. THIS RELATIVELY UNREMARKABLE FLARE IN X-RAYS AND H-ALPHA WAS APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH A "SOUTHWARD DIRECTED, HALO CME" EVENT OBSERVED IN THE SOHO/LASCO INSTRUMENT. REGION 8159 (N33E41) WAS NEWLY NUMBERED.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast
SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LOW TO LOW. INCREASED FLARE ACTIVITY IS PROBABLE IF REGION 8156 CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 13-2100Z to 14-2100Z
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ALTITUDE WAS HIGH.
IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET AT MIDDLE LATITUDES AND QUIET TO UNSETTLED AT HIGH LATITUDES.
III. Event Probabilities 15 FEB to 17 FEB
Class M05%05%05%
Class X01%01%01%
Proton01%01%01%
PCAFGREEN
IV. Penticton 10.7 cm Flux
  Observed       14 FEB 105
  Predicted   15 FEB-17 FEB  110/115/115
  90 Day Mean        14 FEB 096
V. Geomagnetic A Indices
OBSERVED AFR/AP 13 FEB  005/006
ESTIMATED AFR/AP 14 FEB  004/006
PREDICTED AFR/AP 15 FEB-17 FEB  005/007-005/008-005/008
VI. Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities 15 FEB to 17 FEB
A. Middle Latitudes
Active15%15%15%
Minor storm10%10%10%
Major-severe storm01%01%01%
B. High Latitudes
Active15%15%15%
Minor storm10%10%10%
Major-severe storm01%01%01%

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