Viewing archive of Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Jan 30 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 30 Jan 2018 until 01 Feb 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
30 Jan 2018068007
31 Jan 2018070015
01 Feb 2018070007

Bulletin

Solar activity was low, no C-class flares in past 24 h. The situation is not expected to change, as there are no active regions on disk.

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

Solar wind speed is at 340 km/s with interplanetary magnetic field magnitude of 3 nT. Geomagnetic conditions have been quiet to unsettled and are expected to remain so. Isolated active periods remain possible in the next 24 h, due to the probable arrival of moderately fast solar wind streams associated with a negative polarity diffuse equatorial coronal hole.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 20 stations.

Solar indices for 29 Jan 2018

Wolf number Catania000
10cm solar flux068
AK Chambon La Forêt008
AK Wingst004
Estimated Ap002
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 19 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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G2 - Moderate geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 6
Threshold reached: 03:00 UTC

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

Gillam, MB

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

Iqaluit, NU, Saskatoon, SK
Nuuk
Tórshavn
Reykjavik
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (689.6 km/sec.)
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-74nT)

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