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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 May 19 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 19 May 2018 until 21 May 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
19 May 2018069007
20 May 2018069007
21 May 2018069007

Bulletin

No active regions on the visible solar disc. No C-class flares in 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 410 km /s with interplanetary magnetic field magnitude of 4 nT. Geomagnetic conditions have been quiet and are expected to remain so.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 13 stations.

Solar indices for 18 May 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux069
AK Chambon La Forêt006
AK Wingst008
Estimated Ap005
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 31 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
None

Provided by the Solar Influences Data analysis Center© - SIDC - Processed by SpaceWeatherLive

All times in UTC

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The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (586.1 km/sec.)

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