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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 May 11 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 11 May 2017 until 13 May 2017
Solar flares

Quiet conditions (<50% probability of C-class flares)

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
11 May 2017067011
12 May 2017065009
13 May 2017066006

Bulletin

There are presently no active regions on the visible side of the Sun, and accordingly solar activity is low (without reported flares). We expect very low level of solar activity to persist in the coming hours. Coronagraph observations do not show any Earth directed CMEs observed in the past 24 hours.

During last 24 hours the solar wind speed was fluctuating between 420 and 350 km/s, and its present value is about 370 km/s. The interplanetary magnetic field magnitude has the value of about 8nT. The geomagnetic conditions were quiet to unsettled and we expect them to stay so in the coming hours.

Due to very low solar and geomagnetic activity we maintain the all quiet alert (issued on April 30).

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 19 stations.

Solar indices for 10 May 2017

Wolf number Catania000
10cm solar flux069
AK Chambon La Forêt011
AK Wingst008
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 35 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 moderate possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Norilsk, Vorkuta

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

Arkhangelsk

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

Surgut, Syktyvkar
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (530.3 km/sec.)
The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field is slightly South (-5.06nT).

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