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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 May 22 1301 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 22 May 2017 until 24 May 2017
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
22 May 2017074006
23 May 2017072004
24 May 2017075007

Bulletin

Over the past 24 hours solar activity has been low. No flares have been recorded. No Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have been detected in coronagraph observations. The greater than 10MeV proton flux remained at background levels over the past 24 hours. Solar activity is expected to remain low over the next 24 hours with a small probability of C-class flares. The solar wind speed measured by DSCOVR has decreased from about 640 to 530 km/s in the past 24 hours. The total magnetic field strength has fluctuated between 4 nT and 6.5 nT. The Bz component has fluctuating between -3 and +3.5 nT. Quiet geomagnetic conditions (K Dourbes between 2 and 3; NOAA Kp=2) were registered in the past 24 hours. Over the next 24 hours geomagnetic conditions are expected to be quiet. Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected on May 23 and May 24.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 050, based on 25 stations.

Solar indices for 21 May 2017

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux074
AK Chambon La Forêt014
AK Wingst010
Estimated Ap010
Estimated international sunspot number032 - Based on 27 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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G1 - Minor geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 5
Threshold reached: 00:51 UTC

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

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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

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Nuuk
Tórshavn
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (629.9 km/sec.)
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-78nT)

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