Viewing archive of Friday, 2 December 2016 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum flux
59 101 1B1.43B3.57

Sunspot regions

Region 12612

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
5 -29 120 10 DAO N09W36
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

B2.94

Region 12614

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 1 30 -30 CAO N06W06
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 12615

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
10 2 110 50 DAI S07E22
HMIIF
HMIBC

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G3 - Strong geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 7
Threshold reached: 19:32 UTC

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

Kuopio
Arkhangelsk

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

Helsinki, Tampere, Turku
Petrozavodsk, Syktyvkar

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

Copenhagen
Tallinn
Riga
Perm, Saint Petersburg, Surgut, Yaroslavl
Malmö, Stockholm
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (13.94nT), the direction is North (13.19nT).
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts strong storm conditions right now (-144nT)

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