Space weather has been relatively uneventful this week. Our Sun is quiet as we are close to solar minimum. No sunspot regions could be found on the earth-facing solar disk this week. We do see two small bright regions on STEREO Ahead but they look small and inactive. When it comes to auroral activity we do see a slight enhancement in the solar wind data right now but the north-south direction of the IMF (Bz) is mostly northward so enhanced auroral activity is unlikely tonight. However, if you follow us on Twitter or have the SpaceWeatherLive iOS/Android app installed you might have received an alert that we have a coronal hole facing our planet today!
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Last X-flare | 2024/11/06 | X2.39 |
Last M-flare | 2024/11/13 | M1.0 |
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October 2024 | 166.4 +25 |
November 2024 | 170.8 +4.3 |
Last 30 days | 164.5 +20 |