Viewing archive of Thursday, 30 March 2023 - Sunspot regions

Sunspot regions

Courtesy of SDO, SOHO (NASA) and the [MDI, AIA, EVE, and/or HMI] consortium.
Sunspot number New regionsBackground fluxMaximum fluxCM
99 -360 -3B7.51M5.4131

Sunspot regions

Region 13256

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 -5 120 -90 CAO S23W89
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

M5.41

Region 13257

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 10 -20 AXX S28W71
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13260

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 100 30 HAX N23W72
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13262

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 70 10 HAX S19W35
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C2.8

Region 13263

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -6 10 -50 BXO N18W81
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13264

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 -1 40 10 HSX N16W07
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13265

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
4 60 CSO N21W59
HMIIF
HMIBC

Solar flares on this day

C2.0

Region 13266

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2 -2 10 -10 BXO N09E27
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13267

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 10 AXX S17E33
HMIIF
HMIBC

Region 13268

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
1 10 AXX S24E09
HMIIF
HMIBC

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G2 - Moderate geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 6
Threshold reached: 20:16 UTC

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

Reykjavik
Tromsø
Kiruna
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (597.9 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (19.85nT), the direction is North (9.06nT).
The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-53nT)

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