Viewing archive of Thursday, 28 May 1998 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxCM
47 -20C1.57M1.51192

Sunspot regions

Region 8224

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 20 BXO S24W90

Solar flares on this day

C3.44 C4.43

Region 8225

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 1 10 10 AXX S18E08

Region 8226

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
11 -3 280 -40 ESO N18W66

Solar flares on this day

C4.13 C1.6 C1.3 C3.49 M1.51 M1.15 C2.96 C1.27 C2.93

Region 8227

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
6 2 280 50 HKX N26E48

Solar flares on this day

C3.11

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G2 - Moderate geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 6
Threshold reached: 22:29 UTC

Current data suggests there is a moderate possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Oulu, Rovaniemi, Sodankylä
Luleå

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Tórshavn
Kuopio
Bergen, Trondheim
Arkhangelsk
Sundsvall, Umeå

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following middle latitude regions in the near future

Tampere
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (599.7 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is high (21.48nT), the direction is slightly South (-1.91nT).
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-57nT)

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