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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 May 14 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 14 May 2018 until 16 May 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
14 May 2018071007
15 May 2018070007
16 May 2018070007

Bulletin

There is one active region on the disc, NOAA AR 2709 with alpha magnetic field configuration. No C-class flares were observed in the past 24 h, and the situation is not expected to change.

No Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have been detected. Solar protons have remained at background levels over the past 24 h.

The solar wind speed at L1 is at 390 km /s with interplanetary magnetic field magnitude of 3 nT. Geomagnetic conditions are quiet and expected to remain so.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 18 stations.

Solar indices for 13 May 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux071
AK Chambon La Forêt017
AK Wingst010
Estimated Ap010
Estimated international sunspot number011 - Based on 16 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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