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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2017 Aug 10 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 10 Aug 2017 until 12 Aug 2017
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
10 Aug 2017073004
11 Aug 2017074008
12 Aug 2017075011

Bulletin

Over the past 24 hours solar activity has been very low. No significant flares have been recorded. Active Region (AR) 2670 (Mcintosh class:Hsx; Mag. type:Alpha) has been quiet. No Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have been detected. The greater than 10MeV proton flux remained at background levels over the past 24 hours. Solar activity is expected to remain low over the next 24 hours with a low probability of C-class flares. The solar wind speed has varied between 400 to 450 km/s over the past 24 hours. The total magnetic field strength has remained around 5 nT. The Bz component fluctuated around 0 nT but was mainly positive, ranging between -4 and +5 nT. Geomagnetic conditions ranged between Kp index 1-2 (NOAA) and local K index 0-2 (Dourbes) over the past 24 hours. Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be quiet.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 012, based on 13 stations.

Solar indices for 09 Aug 2017

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux072
AK Chambon La Forêt008
AK Wingst005
Estimated Ap004
Estimated international sunspot number012 - Based on 33 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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