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Geophysical 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.
Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary 2016 Dec 18 0245 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary

SGAS Number 353 Issued at 0245Z on 18 Dec 2016 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Dec
A. Energetic Events
Begin  Max  End  Rgn   Loc   Xray  Op 245MHz 10cm   Sweep
None
B. Proton Events
None
C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary
Field conditions were at quiet to unsettled levels.
D. Stratwarm
Not available
E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 072  SSN 000  Afr/Ap 003/003   X-ray Background A5.6
Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs)
GT 1 MeV 1.6e+06   GT 10 MeV 1.5e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day)
(GOES-13 satellite synchronous orbit W74 degrees)
Daily Electron Fluence
GT 2 MeV 2.80e+08 e/(cm2-ster-day)
(GOES-13 satellite synchronous orbit W74 degrees)
3 Hour K-indices
Boulder 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 Planetary 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 
F. Comments
  None

All times in UTC

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

Reykjavik

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

Tórshavn
Oulu, Rovaniemi, Kuopio, Sodankylä
Trondheim
Kiruna, Luleå, Sundsvall, Umeå
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (512.5 km/sec.)
The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field is slightly South (-5.38nT).

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