SOLAR ACTIVITY DECREASED TO MODERATE LEVELS. AN OPTICALLY UNCORRELATED M1 X-RAY FLARE WAS DETECTED AT 10/0826UT. NEWLY NUMBERED REGION 8220 (S31E82) PRODUCED AN M3/SF FLARE AT 10/1320UT ACCOMPANIED BY A 300 SFU TENFLARE. A LOOP PROMINENCE SYSTEM WAS OBSERVED IN THE WAKE OF THE FLARE AS WELL. THE REGION'S LEADER SPOT BEGAN TO ROTATE INTO VIEW LATE IN THE PERIOD AND APPEARED AS A MATURE H-, PERHAPS K-TYPE (DETAILS WERE DIFFICULT TO DISCERN DUE TO LIMB PROXIMITY). SPACE-BASED EUV AND X-RAY IMAGES SHOWED A MODERATELY COMPLEX MAGNETIC STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REGION. REGION 8214 (N26W84) WAS STABLE AS IT BEGAN TO CROSS THE WEST LIMB. REGION 8218 (S20E22) REMAINED A STABLE E-TYPE.

SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE MODERATE. REGION 8220 IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL M-CLASS FLARES. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A MAJOR FLARE FROM THIS REGION AS WELL.

THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED. THE GREATER THAN 10 MEV PROTON FLUX REMAINED ENHANCED FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S MAJOR FLARE, BUT GRADUALLY DECLINED TOWARDS BACKGROUND LEVELS. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRON FLUX REMAINED AT MODERATE TO HIGH LEVELS.

THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT QUIET TO UNSETTLED LEVELS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE GREATER THAN 10 MEV PROTON ENHANCEMENT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO BACKGROUND LEVELS EARLY IN THE PERIOD.

  Observed       10 MAY 107
  Predicted   11 MAY-13 MAY  108/108/108
  90 Day Mean        10 MAY 108

OBSERVED AFR/AP 09 MAY  008/012
ESTIMATED AFR/AP 10 MAY  010/010
PREDICTED AFR/AP 11 MAY-13 MAY  012/010-012/010-010/010