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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2020 Aug 09 1231 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 09 Aug 2020 until 11 Aug 2020
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
09 Aug 2020074005
10 Aug 2020073005
11 Aug 2020072006

Bulletin

Solar activity is low, and only one low B-class flare was reported during last 24 hours. We expect such a low level of solar activity to persist in the coming hours. During last 24 hours there were no wide or Earth directed CMEs observed, and the solar protons remained at the background level.

Earth is presently inside the slow solar wind with the speed of about 340 km/s and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is about 3 nT. The geomagnetic conditions are quiet for more than two days, and we expect them to stay quiet also in the coming hours.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 012, based on 24 stations.

Solar indices for 08 Aug 2020

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux075
AK Chambon La Forêt006
AK Wingst006
Estimated Ap005
Estimated international sunspot number011 - Based on 30 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
None

Provided by the Solar Influences Data analysis Center© - SIDC - Processed by SpaceWeatherLive

All times in UTC

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Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Edmonton, AB, Gillam, MB, Saskatoon, SK, Whitehorse, YT, Yellowknife, NT
Anchorage, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Juneau, AK
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
M4.28

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