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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2020 Oct 15 1231 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 15 Oct 2020 until 17 Oct 2020
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
15 Oct 2020074005
16 Oct 2020074005
17 Oct 2020073004

Bulletin

Catania sunspot group 45 (NOAA AR region 2776) that just rotated over the East solar limb to the visible side of the Sun, was the source of several low B-class flares, the only reported flaring activity during last 24 hours. Occasional B-class flares can be expected in the coming hours while C-class flares are possible but not very probable. The available coronagraph data do not show any possibly Earth directed CMEs. The proton flux levels remain at the background values.

Earth is still inside the slow solar wind with the speed of 260 km/s, while the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is about 3 nT. The geomagnetic conditions are quiet, and we expect them to remain so in the coming hours.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 013, based on 14 stations.

Solar indices for 14 Oct 2020

Wolf number Catania011
10cm solar flux075
AK Chambon La Forêt003
AK Wingst000
Estimated Ap001
Estimated international sunspot number005 - Based on 22 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
None

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