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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 Mar 16 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
16 Mar 2017	071	005
17 Mar 2017	072	006
18 Mar 2017	073	008

Bulletin

Over the past 24 hours solar activity has been very low. No significant flares have been recorded. No Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have been detected. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux remained at background levels over the past 24 hours. Quiet flaring conditions are expected to continue. The solar wind speed has increased from around 350 to 425 km/s over the past 24 hours. The total magnetic field strength has fluctuated around 7 nT. The Bz component fluctuated between -5 and +7 nT, but has been mainly positive. Geomagnetic conditions ranged between Kp index 0-3 (NOAA) and local K index 0-4 (Dourbes) over the past 24 hours. There are a couple of small coronal holes located in the Western hemisphere which may create small enhancements in the solar wind. Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be quiet to unsettled.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 22 stations.

Solar indices for 15 Mar 2017

Wolf number Catania	011
10cm solar flux	070
AK Chambon La Forêt	016
AK Wingst	006
Estimated Ap	009
Estimated international sunspot number	000 - Based on 33 stations

Noticeable events summary

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