Viewing archive of Sunday, 10 January 2016

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Jan 10 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 10 Jan 2016 until 12 Jan 2016
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
10 Jan 2016107010
11 Jan 2016108008
12 Jan 2016110007

Bulletin

Solar activity is very low, no C-class flares in past 24h. C-class flares remain possible for the next 24 hours. Solar wind speed at the Earth is 450 km/s with interplanetary magnetic field magnitudes of 5 nT. Geomagnetic conditions have been quiet and are expected to remain so, except if the CME from January 6 arrives to the Earth later today (20% chances) and elevate conditions to active levels.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 082, based on 13 stations.

Solar indices for 09 Jan 2016

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux107
AK Chambon La Forêt008
AK Wingst005
Estimated Ap004
Estimated international sunspot number088 - Based on 10 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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