Viewing archive of Monday, 11 May 2015

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2015 May 11 1231 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Solar flares

Eruptive (C-class flares expected, probability >=50%)

Geomagnetism

Minor storm expected (A>=30 or K=5)

Solar protons

Quiet

	10cm flux	Ap
11 May 2015	165	013
12 May 2015	168	031
13 May 2015	168	034

Bulletin

NOAA 2339 remains the dominant active region on the visible solar disk. Over the past 24 hours, it produced only low-level C-class flares with the emergence of some opposite polarity flux in its trailing portion. The other sunspot regions were quiet and produced at most a single low- level C-class flare. The strongest flare was a C2.5 flare peaking at 04:09UT (11 May) and was associated to a horseshoe shaped filament eruption located between active regions NOAA 2342 and 2343. Coronagraphic imagery is awaited to assess the presence and direction of any related coronal mass ejection (CME).

Further C-class flaring is expected, with a chance on an M-class flare. Unsettled to active geomagnetic conditions continued in response to the arrival of the 6 May CME. Solar wind speed declined to 350 km/s (18:00UT) and stayed at that level until about 07:00UT when it gradually started to climb to its current 380 km/s. Bz varied between -11 and +15 nT, with a sustained negative period at about -10nT between 19:00 and 02:00UT. The high speed stream of a negative coronal hole is expected to influence the geomagnetic field starting around 12 May.

Active to minor storming conditions are expected on 12 and 13 May.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 112, based on 21 stations.

Solar indices for 10 May 2015

Wolf number Catania	///
10cm solar flux	160
AK Chambon La Forêt	019
AK Wingst	012
Estimated Ap	013
Estimated international sunspot number	109 - Based on 28 stations

Noticeable events summary

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