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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2020 Mar 11 1231 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 11 Mar 2020 until 13 Mar 2020
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
11 Mar 2020071008
12 Mar 2020070007
13 Mar 2020070007

Bulletin

The only numbered sunspot group (Catania group 29, NOAA region 2758) presently observed on the visible side of the solar disc is decaying. NOAA AR 2758 was the source of one B-class flare reported during last 24 hours. The B2.3 flare (peak at the 05:56 UT this morning) was associated with the coronal dimming and faint EIT wave, on-disc signatures of the CME. However, the presently available coronagraph observations do not show possibly associated CME, more will be reported once the coronagraph data become available. During last 24 hours there were no Earth directed CMEs observed and the solar protons remained at the background level.

Earth is presently within the slow solar wind with the speed of about 300 km/s and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is 2 nT. The geomagnetic conditions are presently quiet to unsettled and we expect them to stay so in the coming hours.

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

Solar indices for 10 Mar 2020

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux071
AK Chambon La Forêt007
AK Wingst006
Estimated Ap004
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 11 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
None

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