Viewing archive of Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Sep 12 1256 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 12 Sep 2018 until 14 Sep 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
12 Sep 2018068006
13 Sep 2018069008
14 Sep 2018069008

Bulletin

Solar activity was very low. A new emerging active region NOAA AR 2722 (Bxo, Beta) has some potential to produce C-class flares. No earth- directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed. The greater than 10MeV proton flux remained at background levels over the past 24 hours. Solar activity is expected to remain low. Solar wind parameters variations decreased after the passage of the co- rotating intercation region. Solar wind speed decreased from about 590 to 530 km/s. The total interplanetary magnetic field is below 6 nT. Bz varied between -3 and +5 nT. Geomagnetic conditions gradually decreased from the moderate storm level yesterday till quiet conditons observed now. Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be mostly quiet from now.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 014, based on 15 stations.

Solar indices for 11 Sep 2018

Wolf number Catania016
10cm solar flux069
AK Chambon La Forêt035
AK Wingst034
Estimated Ap036
Estimated international sunspot number015 - Based on 26 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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