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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Feb 09 1617 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 09 Feb 2018 until 11 Feb 2018
Solar flares

C-class flares expected, (probability >=50%)

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
09 Feb 2018078003
10 Feb 2018079004
11 Feb 2018080007

Bulletin

Solar activity was low. NOAA AR 2699 produced many B-class flares, the biggest flare B7.4 peaked yestreday at 16:59 UT. Now NOAA 2699 has beta-gamma magnetic field configuration and is expected to produce C-class flares and, with some small chance, M-class flares. Proton flux levels are at background values and are expected to remain so. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed. Solar wind speed decreased from 400 km/s till at 325 km/s with interplanetary magnetic field magnitude ranged from 4 to 5.5 nT. Geomagnetic conditions reached unsettled levels (K = 3) this morning due to the longer interval of the negative Bz value (-4.5 nT) and speeds reaching only 370 km/s. Quiet geomagnetic conditions can be expected in the next 48hrs.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 026, based on 17 stations.

Solar indices for 08 Feb 2018

Wolf number Catania023
10cm solar flux078
AK Chambon La Forêt010
AK Wingst004
Estimated Ap003
Estimated international sunspot number025 - Based on 23 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
None

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