Sunspot region AR11271

	Number of sunspots	Size	Class Spot	Location
2011/08/16	3	120	DSO	N17E74
2011/08/17	4	240	DSI	N15E63
2011/08/18	9	240	ESI	N16E50
2011/08/19	16	290	EHC	N16E38
2011/08/20	12	240	ESI	N16E25
2011/08/21	22	260	DHO	N16E10
2011/08/22	15	240	EAO	N16W01
2011/08/23	28	280	EKC	N17W16
2011/08/24	21	270	EKI	N17W29
2011/08/25	25	180	ESI	N17W42
2011/08/26	15	140	ESI	N17W56
2011/08/27	6	80	DSO	N17W69
2011/08/28	4	60	CSO	N16W82

B	C
15	17

The top 10 solar flares from sunspot region 11271

			Start	Maximum	End
1	C4.88	2011/08/17	10:19	10:42	11:08
2	C4.26	2011/08/20	22:54	22:58	23:00
3	C3.37	2011/08/26	13:04	13:13	13:17
4	C2.32	2011/08/18	00:23	00:30	00:36
5	C2	2011/08/15	04:42	04:54	05:20
6	C1.87	2011/08/16	23:54	00:25	00:59
7	C1.61	2011/08/22	15:15	16:04	16:38
8	C1.58	2011/08/18	14:59	15:15	15:31
9	C1.56	2011/08/24	16:31	16:33	16:34
10	C1.53	2011/08/26	03:29	03:34	03:36

G1 - Minor geomagnetic storm

Observed Kp: 5
Threshold reached: 05:57 UTC

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

Yellowknife, NT

The solar wind speed is currently high (716.1 km/sec.)

The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (10.71nT), the direction is North (3.07nT).

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