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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Aug 06 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 06 Aug 2018 until 08 Aug 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

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

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
06 Aug 2018069007
07 Aug 2018069014
08 Aug 2018069007

Bulletin

No C-class flares in past 24 h. The Sun is spotless. Solar activity is expected to remain at very low levels.

No Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have been detected. Solar protons have remained at background levels over the past 24 hours.

Geomagnetic conditions have been quiet. The solar wind speed is at 320 km/s with interplanetary magnetic fields of 5 nT. The fast solar wind associated with a small positive polarity equatorial CH may influence the Earth within 48 h, resulting in isolated active episodes.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 25 stations.

Solar indices for 05 Aug 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux069
AK Chambon La Forêt009
AK Wingst006
Estimated Ap005
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 28 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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