SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS LOW. SEVERAL LOW C-CLASS X-RAY FLARES OCCURRED PRIMARILY IN REGION 8906 (S16W09). THIS REGION IS NOW A LARGE AND MAGNETICALLY COMPLEX SPOT GROUP EXCEEDING 900 MILLIONTHS OF WHITE LIGHT AREA. PARTICULARLY STRONG MAGNETIC GRADIENTS EXIST WITHIN COMPLEX DELTA CONFIGURATIONS AND SEVERAL NEW SPOTS DEVELOPED LATE IN THE PERIOD. REGION 8910 (N10E43) PRODUCED OCCASIONAL MINOR C-CLASS EVENTS. THIS REGION EXHIBITED CONSIDERABLE GROWTH SINCE YESTERDAY AND HAS DEVELOPED MINOR MAGNETIC COMPLEXITY. A 17 DEGREE FILAMENT ERUPTED FROM NEAR S34E38 AT 14/0348Z. THREE NEW REGIONS WERE NUMBERED TODAY - REGION 8911 (N11W43), 8912 (N15W02), AND 8913 (S14E66). REMAINING REGIONS WERE MOSTLY STABLE.

SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REACH MODERATE TO HIGH LEVELS. COMPLEX REGION 8906 WILL LIKELY PRODUCE OCCASIONAL M-CLASS ACTIVITY, AND HAS POTENTIAL FOR A MAJOR FLARE. REGION 8910 WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING C-CLASS X-RAY ACTIVITY WITH THE SMALL CHANCE OF AN M-CLASS EVENT.

THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET WITH AN ISOLATED PERIOD OF UNSETTLED CONDITIONS BETWEEN 14/09 - 14/12Z.

THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT QUIET LEVELS.

  Observed       14 MAR 183
  Predicted   15 MAR-17 MAR  175/175/170
  90 Day Mean        14 MAR 175

OBSERVED AFR/AP 13 MAR  002/004
ESTIMATED AFR/AP 14 MAR  005/006
PREDICTED AFR/AP 15 MAR-17 MAR  005/008-005/008-005/008