Sunspot region AR8970

Number of
sunspots
Size Class Magn. Class Spot Location
2000/04/21 2 350 HKX S14E77
2000/04/22 7 630 EKO S15E68
2000/04/23 15 1010 EKI S15E56
2000/04/24 31 1210 EKC S15E43
2000/04/25 27 1060 EKI S15E30
2000/04/26 41 1080 EKC S15E18
2000/04/27 42 1090 EKC S15E04
2000/04/28 44 990 EKC S14W10
2000/04/29 49 1020 EKC S13W22
2000/04/30 29 780 EKC S15W36
2000/05/01 21 650 EKO S14W51
2000/05/02 15 550 DKO S13W64
2000/05/03 6 350 DAO S13W78
2000/05/04 1 170 HAX S14W92
BCM
1172

The top 10 solar flares from sunspot region 8970

Start Maximum End
1M9.792000/05/0410:5711:0811:14
2M1.62000/05/0322:4723:1023:21
3C9.112000/04/2609:1709:2309:28
4C4.062000/04/2607:3807:4407:51
5C3.932000/04/2313:4413:4913:53
6C3.762000/04/2218:0218:0918:14
7C3.292000/04/2707:5608:0808:13
8C2.962000/05/0216:3916:4316:45
9C2.92000/04/2905:2505:2805:30
10C2.742000/04/2218:4718:5919:14

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
Anchorage, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Juneau, AK, Utqiagvik, AK
The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (528.5 km/sec.)
The strength of the interplanetary magnetic field is moderate (15.43nT), the direction is North (10.67nT).
The maximum X-ray flux of the past two hours is:
C6.05

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