Viewing archive of Thursday, 28 December 2017

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 Dec 28 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 28 Dec 2017 until 30 Dec 2017
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
28 Dec 2017072007
29 Dec 2017070007
30 Dec 2017068007

Bulletin

Solar activity was low, no C-class flares in past 24 h. The situation is not expected to change in the coming hours. There is only one region visible on disk (Catania group 67, NOAA active region 2692) that went from beta (yesterday) to alpha (today) magnetic field configuration.

Proton flux levels are at background values and are expected to remain so. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed.

Solar wind speed is at 430 km/s with interplanetary magnetic field magnitude of 3 nT. Geomagnetic conditions have been quiet and are not expected to change in the next 48 h.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 21 stations.

Solar indices for 27 Dec 2017

Wolf number Catania014
10cm solar flux071
AK Chambon La Forêt012
AK Wingst008
Estimated Ap008
Estimated international sunspot number013 - Based on 17 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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