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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Sep 20 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 20 Sep 2018 until 22 Sep 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
20 Sep 2018068004
21 Sep 2018068008
22 Sep 2018067012

Bulletin

Solar activity is extremely low, without flaring activity reported during last 24 hours. We do not expect change in the level of the flaring activity in the coming hours. Coronagraph images do not show signatures of the Earth directed CMEs, and the solar protons are at the background level.

The Earth is presently inside the slow solar wind with the speed of about 360 km/s, and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is 3 nT. The geomagnetic conditions are quiet and we expect them to stay so in the coming hours.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 23 stations.

Solar indices for 19 Sep 2018

Wolf number Catania012
10cm solar flux068
AK Chambon La Forêt005
AK Wingst003
Estimated Ap003
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 34 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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