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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2020 Apr 06 1231 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 06 Apr 2020 until 08 Apr 2020
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
06 Apr 2020071010
07 Apr 2020070017
08 Apr 2020070010

Bulletin

Solar flaring activity was very with just two low level B flares this morning from former region NOAA 2759. There are no spotted regions on disk and Solar flaring is expected to remain below C level over the next days.

No Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) were observed in the available coronagraphic imagery.

The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at nominal levels over the past 24 hours and is expected to stay at nominal levels. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux was at moderate levels the past 24 hours and expected to remain so.

Solar wind displayed a slow Solar wind regime, with speed slowly decreasing from just over 400 km/s to between 350-360 km/s currently. Total magnetic field was around a nominal 3nT with a variable Bz. The magnetic field phi angle showed some variation in what appears overall a change from the negative into the positive sector. Largely nominal Solar wind conditions are expected over the next days although some elevations are possible related to some small isolated equatorial coronal holes.

Geomagnetic conditions were quiet (local K Dourbes 0-2 and NOAA Kp 0-1). Quiet to unsettled geomagnetic conditions are expected over the next days.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 28 stations.

Solar indices for 05 Apr 2020

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux071
AK Chambon La Forêt008
AK Wingst006
Estimated Ap004
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 32 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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