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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Feb 05 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 05 Feb 2018 until 07 Feb 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Active conditions expected (A>=20 or K=4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
05 Feb 2018073010
06 Feb 2018072008
07 Feb 2018073007

Bulletin

Solar activity was low. There is one active region NOAA 2699 that appeared in the eastern hemisphere and produced many B-class flares and one C1.1 flare that peaked at 20:24 UT yesterday. Now, NOAA 2699 has alpha magnetic field configuration and is not expected to produce significant flares in the coming hours. 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 now with interplanetary magnetic field magnitude of 5 nT. Geomagnetic conditions reached unsettled levels (K = 3) overnight due to the mild effect of the low latitude extension of the northern polar coronal hole (speeds reaching only 450 km/s and interplanetary magnetic field 9 nT). Quiet to unsettled conditions can be expected in the next 48 h.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 015, based on 19 stations.

Solar indices for 04 Feb 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux073
AK Chambon La Forêt010
AK Wingst004
Estimated Ap003
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 21 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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Active geomagnetic conditions

Observed Kp: 4
Threshold reached: 04:39 UTC

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

Gillam, MB, Yellowknife, NT
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C5.02

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