Viewing archive of Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2015 Jul 29 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 29 Jul 2015 until 31 Jul 2015
Solar flares

C-class flares expected, (probability >=50%)

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
29 Jul 2015101007
30 Jul 2015102007
31 Jul 2015104007

Bulletin

Solar activity is low, no C-class flares in past 24 h, although they can be expected to happen.

Geomagnetic conditions are quiet and expected to remain so, with solar wind speeds around 400 km/s and interplanetary magnetic field magnitudes below 5 nT.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 074, based on 20 stations.

Solar indices for 28 Jul 2015

Wolf number Catania067
10cm solar flux101
AK Chambon La Forêt013
AK Wingst010
Estimated Ap010
Estimated international sunspot number068 - Based on 34 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
None

Provided by the Solar Influences Data analysis Center© - SIDC - Processed by SpaceWeatherLive

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

Vorkuta
The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field is slightly South (-6.18nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M1.08

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