Viewing archive of Saturday, 18 March 2017

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 Mar 18 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 18 Mar 2017 until 20 Mar 2017
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
18 Mar 2017071002
19 Mar 2017072003
20 Mar 2017073003

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 fluctuated around 330 km/s over the past 24 hours. The total magnetic field strength has fluctuated around 3 nT. The Bz component fluctuated between -3 and +3 nT. Geomagnetic conditions ranged between Kp index 0-2 (NOAA) and local K index 0-2 (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 09 stations.

Solar indices for 17 Mar 2017

Wolf number Catania000
10cm solar flux071
AK Chambon La Forêt006
AK Wingst004
Estimated Ap004
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 38 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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