Viewing archive of Wednesday, 29 May 2013

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 2013 May 29 2200 UTC
Prepared by the NOAA © SWPC and processed by SpaceWeatherLive.com

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity

SDF Number 149 Issued at 2200Z on 29 May 2013

IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 28-2100Z to 29-2100Z

Solar activity has been at low levels for the past 24 hours. The largest solar event of the period was a C1 event observed at 29/0218Z. There are currently 6 numbered sunspot regions on the disk.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast
Solar activity is expected to be very low with a chance for a C-class flares on days one, two, and three (30 May, 31 May, 01 Jun).
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 28-2100Z to 29-2100Z
The geomagnetic field has been at quiet levels for the past 24 hours. Solar wind speed, as measured by the ACE spacecraft, reached a peak speed of 632 km/s at 28/2350Z. Electrons greater than 2 MeV at geosynchronous orbit reached a peak level of 38236 pfu.
IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast
The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet levels on days one and two (30 May, 31 May) and quiet to active levels on day three (01 Jun).
III. Event Probabilities 30 May to 01 Jun
Class M05%05%05%
Class X01%01%01%
Proton01%01%01%
PCAFgreen
IV. Penticton 10.7 cm Flux
  Observed       29 May 107
  Predicted   30 May-01 Jun 105/105/105
  90 Day Mean        29 May 123

V. Geomagnetic A Indices
  Observed Afr/Ap 28 May  008/008
  Estimated     Afr/Ap 29 May  003/004
  Predicted    Afr/Ap 30 May-01 Jun  005/005-005/005-011/015

VI. Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities 30 May to 01 Jun
A. Middle Latitudes
Active10%10%20%
Minor storm01%01%05%
Major-severe storm01%01%01%
B. High Latitudes
Active15%15%20%
Minor storm20%20%25%
Major-severe storm15%15%25%

<< Go to daily overview page

Latest news

Support SpaceWeatherLive.com!

A lot of people come to SpaceWeatherLive to follow the Sun's activity or if there is aurora to be seen, but with more traffic comes higher server costs. Consider a donation if you enjoy SpaceWeatherLive so we can keep the website online!

54%
Support SpaceWeatherLive with our merchandise
Check out our merchandise

Latest alerts

Get instant alerts!

Space weather facts

Last X-flare2024/03/28X1.1
Last M-flare2024/04/25M1.3
Last geomagnetic storm2024/04/19Kp7 (G3)
Spotless days
Last spotless day2022/06/08
Monthly mean Sunspot Number
March 2024104.9 -19.8
Last 30 days133.9 +26.6

This day in history*

Solar flares
12014X1.99
22001M3.98
32004M3.25
42003M1.84
52024M1.3
ApG
1200333G1
2201227G1
3199826G1
4202118G1
5199517G1
*since 1994

Social networks