Sunspot region AR11686

	Number of sunspots	Size	Class Spot	Location
2013/03/04	6	30	DRO	S13W31
2013/03/05	6	40	DSO	S13W46
2013/03/06	11	100	DAC	S14W59
2013/03/07	7	140	DAC	S13W73
2013/03/08	5	120	DAI	S12W84

B	C	M
5	5	1

The top 10 solar flares from sunspot region 11686

			Start	Maximum	End
1	M1.78	2013/03/05	07:47	07:54	07:59
2	C2.12	2013/03/07	16:39	16:44	16:48
3	C1.69	2013/03/05	20:38	20:44	20:48
4	C1.39	2013/03/05	05:52	05:59	06:13
5	C1.26	2013/03/06	10:24	10:30	10:34
6	C1.16	2013/03/05	15:50	15:55	16:04
7	B9.61	2013/03/05	05:18	05:23	05:30
8	B9.06	2013/03/06	04:39	04:44	04:47
9	B7.31	2013/03/05	01:51	01:54	02:00
10	B6.87	2013/03/06	02:22	02:26	02:34

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

Gillam, MB, Whitehorse, YT, Yellowknife, NT
Fairbanks, AK, Utqiagvik, AK

The solar wind speed is currently high (838.8 km/sec.)

The Disturbance Storm Time index predicts moderate storm conditions right now (-54nT)

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