Viewing archive of Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Nov 06 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 06 Nov 2018 until 08 Nov 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 Nov 2018069011
07 Nov 2018069010
08 Nov 2018070008

Bulletin

Over the past 24 hours solar activity has been low. There are currently no active regions 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 very low over the next 24 hours. The solar wind speed has decreased from 550 till 470 km/s over the past 24 hours. The total magnetic field strength has decreased from 7 till 4 nT. The Bz component fluctuated around 0 nT, ranging between -5 and +5 nT. Bz componnet fluctuations are expected to decrease further. Geomagnetic conditions ranged between Kp index 2-4 (NOAA) and local K index 3-5 (Dourbes) over the past 24 hours. Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be from unsettled to active.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 19 stations.

Solar indices for 05 Nov 2018

Wolf number Catania000
10cm solar flux068
AK Chambon La Forêt031
AK Wingst029
Estimated Ap034
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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