Viewing archive of Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 Jan 24 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

	10cm flux	Ap
24 Jan 2017	082	002
25 Jan 2017	080	003
26 Jan 2017	078	005

Bulletin

Solar activity was very low, with no flares observed during the period. The currently visible sunspot regions continue their decay. A small filament between NOAA 2628's stable leading spot and NOAA 2627 erupted in two steps. The northern part erupted between 24/0445 and 24/07:00UT January, the main part erupted between 24/0930 and 24/1130UT January. No obvious coronal dimming was observed. No earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed in available coronagraphic imagery. The greater than 10MeV proton flux was at nominal levels.

Mostly quiet flaring conditions are expected, with a small chance on an isolated C-class event.

Solar wind speed declined from about 440 km/s to values near 320 km/s (ACE), with Bz fluctuating between -5 nT and +4 nT. The interplanetary magnetic field was mostly directed away from the Sun. A small positive equatorial coronal hole (CH) is transiting the central meridian.

The geomagnetic field was at unsettled to quiet levels and is expected to remain so. Starting around 27 January, the arrival of the CH's particle stream may affect the earth environment.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 043, based on 09 stations.

Solar indices for 23 Jan 2017

Wolf number Catania	///
10cm solar flux	084
AK Chambon La Forêt	012
AK Wingst	006
Estimated Ap	005
Estimated international sunspot number	059 - Based on 18 stations

Noticeable events summary

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