Viewing archive of Thursday, 9 August 2018
Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC
Issued: 2018 Aug 09 1230 UTC
SIDC Forecast
Solar flares
Quiet conditions (<50% probability of C-class flares)
Geomagnetism
Quiet (A<20 and K<4)
Solar protons
Quiet
| 10cm flux | Ap | |
|---|---|---|
| 09 Aug 2018 | 070 | 007 |
| 10 Aug 2018 | 070 | 007 |
| 11 Aug 2018 | 070 | 007 |
Bulletin
No C-class flares in past 24 h. Solar activity is expected to remain at very low levels.
No Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have been detected. Solar protons have remained at background levels over the past 24 hours.
The solar wind speed is at 400 km/s with interplanetary magnetic fields of 3 nT. Geomagnetic conditions have been quiet and are expected to remain so for the next 48 h. The fast solar wind associated with a negative polarity equatorial coronal hole may affect the Earth after that.
Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 18 stations.Solar indices for 08 Aug 2018
| Wolf number Catania | /// |
| 10cm solar flux | 070 |
| AK Chambon La Forêt | 012 |
| AK Wingst | 007 |
| Estimated Ap | 007 |
| Estimated international sunspot number | 000 - Based on 31 stations |
Noticeable events summary
| Day | Begin | Max | End | Loc | Strength | OP | 10cm | Catania/NOAA | Radio burst types | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | ||||||||||
Provided by the Solar Influences Data analysis Center© - SIDC - Processed by SpaceWeatherLive
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