Viewing archive of Friday, 19 October 2018

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Oct 19 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 19 Oct 2018 until 21 Oct 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
19 Oct 2018070008
20 Oct 2018070011
21 Oct 2018070007

Bulletin

There are no active regions visible on the solar disk. 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 320 km/s with interplanetary magnetic fields of 3 nT. Geomagnetic conditions have been quiet. The fast solar wind associated with the low latitudinal extension of the northern polar coronal hole (positive polarity) may arrive to the Earth within 24 h, causing active geomagnetic conditions. Nevertheless, due to its latitude, the high speed stream may pass north of the Earth and leave it unaffected (quiet conditions expected in that case).

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

Solar indices for 18 Oct 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux070
AK Chambon La Forêt003
AK Wingst001
Estimated Ap001
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 31 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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