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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Oct 01 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 01 Oct 2018 until 03 Oct 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
01 Oct 2018068007
02 Oct 2018068007
03 Oct 2018068010

Bulletin

One active region visible on the solar disc, NOAA 2723, with beta magnetic field configuration. No C-class flares in past 24 h. Solar activity is expected to remain at low levels.

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

The solar wind speed is at 380 km/s with interplanetary magnetic fields of 5 nT. Geomagnetic conditions have been quiet and are expected to remain so for the next 48 h. The fast solar wind associated with a small negative polarity equatorial coronal hole is expected to arrive on 3 October (late) or 4 October.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 018, based on 15 stations.

Solar indices for 30 Sep 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux068
AK Chambon La Forêt009
AK Wingst008
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number/// - Based on /// 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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