Viewing archive of Friday, 2 February 2018

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2018 Feb 02 1230 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 02 Feb 2018 until 04 Feb 2018
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
02 Feb 2018069007
03 Feb 2018068007
04 Feb 2018067013

Bulletin

Solar activity was low, no C-class flares in past 24 h. NOAA 2697 has decayed into a plage, no significant flares are expected in the coming hours.

Proton flux levels are at background values and are expected to remain so. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed.

Solar wind speed is at 380 km/s with interplanetary magnetic field magnitude of 3 nT. Geomagnetic conditions have been quiet. The northern polar coronal hole as a low latitude extension (reaching up to 20 degrees northern latitude) that could affect the Earth in 48 h, until then quiet conditions can be expected.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 10 stations.

Solar indices for 01 Feb 2018

Wolf number Catania///
10cm solar flux069
AK Chambon La Forêt008
AK Wingst008
Estimated Ap005
Estimated international sunspot number000 - Based on 20 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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