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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Sep 02 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 02 Sep 2018 until 04 Sep 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
02 Sep 2018068006
03 Sep 2018067005
04 Sep 2018067005

Bulletin

Over the past 24 hours solar activity has been Low. No significant flares have been recorded. There are currently no significant ARs on the solar disk. 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 decreased from around 410 to 310 km/s over the past 24 hours. The total magnetic field strength has fluctuated around 4 nT. The Bz component has been mainly negative, fluctuating between -4 and +4 nT. Geomagnetic conditions ranged between Kp index 1-2 (NOAA) and local K index 1-3 (Dourbes) over the past 24 hours. Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be quiet.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 21 stations.

Solar indices for 01 Sep 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux///
AK Chambon La Forêt010
AK Wingst006
Estimated Ap005
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 24 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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