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Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2020 Jan 18 1235 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 18 Jan 2020 until 20 Jan 2020
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
18 Jan 2020070005
19 Jan 2020070004
20 Jan 2020070009

Bulletin

Solar flaring activity is extremely low, and since there are no active regions observed on the visible side of the solar disc, we do not expect C-class or even B-class flares in the coming hours. During last 24 hours there were no Earth directed CMEs and the solar protons remained at the background level. The Earth is still inside the slow solar wind with the speed of about 340 km/s, and the interplanetary magnetic field magnitude is fluctuating between 2 and 4 nT. Presently 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 21 stations.

Solar indices for 17 Jan 2020

Wolf number Catania000
10cm solar flux070
AK Chambon La Forêt///
AK Wingst002
Estimated Ap002
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 19 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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