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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2020 May 21 1232 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
21 May 2020	070	006
22 May 2020	070	003
23 May 2020	070	002

Bulletin

Solar flaring activity was at very low levels. No significant flares have been recorded. Solar activity is expected to remain at very low levels.

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

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

The solar wind speed near Earth oscillated between the values of 330 to 415 km/s (DSCOVR). The Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) was predominantly oriented towards the Sun (phi angle in the negative sector). Bz varied between -4 and +2 nT. The magnitude of the magnetic field varied between 1 and 4 nT. For the next 24 hours the solar wind speed is expected to stay at those levels, while some enhancements can be expected due to any remaining influence of the solar wind streams associated a small southern coronal hole crossing central meridian late May 17.

Quiet to unsettled geomagnetic conditions were registered for the past 24 hours (K Dourbes recorded values 0-3 and NOAA Kp 1-2). Quiet to unsettled (K Dourbes = 3) geomagnetic conditions are expected for the next 24 hours.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 29 stations.

Solar indices for 20 May 2020

Wolf number Catania	///
10cm solar flux	070
AK Chambon La Forêt	008
AK Wingst	003
Estimated Ap	003
Estimated international sunspot number	000 - Based on 38 stations

Noticeable events summary

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