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Solar activity report

Any mentioned solar flare in this report has a scaling factor applied by the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). Because of the SWPC scaling factor, solar flares are reported as 42% smaller than for the science quality data. The scaling factor has been removed from our archived solar flare data to reflect the true physical units.
Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity 1997 Dec 07 2200 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity

SDF Number 341 Issued at 2200Z on 07 DEC 1997

IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 06-2100Z to 07-2100Z

SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. REGION 8113 (N20W70) IS NEARING THE WEST LIMB AND CONTINUES ITS STEADY DECAY. IT IS NOW A 3 SPOT CSO GROUP. NEW REGION 8117 (N21E37), A BXO GROUP WITH 3 SPOTS WAS NUMBERED TODAY. THE REMAINING 3 REGIONS HAVE SHOWN SOME SLOW GROWTH BUT ARE STILL MOSTLY SMALL PLAGE AREAS WITH SIMPLE MAGNETIC CONFIGURATIONS.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast
SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LOW TO LOW. REGION 8113'S THREAT HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED BUT VERY ISOLATED C-CLASS FLARING IS STILL POSSIBLE.
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 06-2100Z to 07-2100Z
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD HAS BEEN QUIET AT ALL LATITUDES.
IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUIET.
III. Event Probabilities 08 DEC to 10 DEC
Class M05%05%05%
Class X01%01%01%
Proton01%01%01%
PCAFGREEN
IV. Penticton 10.7 cm Flux
  Observed       07 DEC 099
  Predicted   08 DEC-10 DEC  098/096/096
  90 Day Mean        07 DEC 094
V. Geomagnetic A Indices
OBSERVED AFR/AP 06 DEC  005/005
ESTIMATED AFR/AP 07 DEC  003/008
PREDICTED AFR/AP 08 DEC-10 DEC  005/008-005/008-005/005
VI. Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities 08 DEC to 10 DEC
A. Middle Latitudes
Active10%10%10%
Minor storm05%05%05%
Major-severe storm01%01%01%
B. High Latitudes
Active10%10%10%
Minor storm05%05%05%
Major-severe storm01%01%01%

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