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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2013 Sep 07 1300 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 07 Sep 2013 until 09 Sep 2013
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
07 Sep 2013100007
08 Sep 2013102007
09 Sep 2013104007

Bulletin

Solar activity has been eruptive during the past 24 hours, featuring a C1.0 flare from returning NOAA AR 11831 near the East limb, peaking at 22:50 UT on September 6. There is a chance for more C flares within the next 48 hours. The solar wind decreased from 420 to 360 km/s in the past 24 hours. In the same period, the Interplanetary Magnetic Field was low with values between 4 and 5 nT. The geomagnetic activity was at quiet levels (K Dourbes between 0 and 3; NOAA Kp between 1 and 2) during the past 24 hours. Quiet geomagnetic conditions (K Dourbes < 4) are expected for September 7 to 9.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 028, based on 06 stations.

Solar indices for 06 Sep 2013

Wolf number Catania065
10cm solar flux101
AK Chambon La Forêt012
AK Wingst006
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number034 - Based on 23 stations

Noticeable events summary

DayBeginMaxEndLocStrengthOP10cmCatania/NOAARadio burst types
None

Provided by the Solar Influences Data analysis Center© - SIDC - Processed by SpaceWeatherLive

All times in UTC

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