Viewing archive of Thursday, 29 December 2016

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2016 Dec 29 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Active conditions expected (A>=20 or K=4)

Solar protons

Quiet

	10cm flux	Ap
29 Dec 2016	073	006
30 Dec 2016	073	007
31 Dec 2016	073	023

Bulletin

No C flares were observed in the past 24 hours. No C flares are expected in the next 24 hours. Solar wind speed further decreased from about 450 to 380 km/s in the past 24 hours as measured by DSCOVR. The magnitude of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) varied between about 1 and 6 nT. A further decrease in solar wind speed is expected on December 29 and 30, while a rise in solar wind speed is anticipated on December 31, due to the expected arrival of a high speed stream associated with a positive coronal hole. Quiet geomagnetic conditions (K Dourbes between 1 and 2; NOAA Kp between 1 and 2) were registered in the past 24 hours. Quiet to unsettled levels (K Dourbes < 4) are expected on December 29 and 30. On December 31, active intervals (K Dourbes = 4) are possible due to the expected arrival of a high speed stream associated with a positive coronal hole.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 012, based on 17 stations.

Solar indices for 28 Dec 2016

Wolf number Catania	///
10cm solar flux	073
AK Chambon La Forêt	008
AK Wingst	006
Estimated Ap	004
Estimated international sunspot number	007 - Based on 19 stations

Noticeable events summary

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