Viewing archive of Thursday, 16 July 2020

Daily bulletin on solar and geomagnetic activity from the SIDC

Issued: 2020 Jul 16 1231 UTC

SIDC Forecast

Valid from 1230 UTC, 16 Jul 2020 until 18 Jul 2020
Solar flares

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

Geomagnetism

Quiet (A<20 and K<4)

Solar protons

Quiet

10cm fluxAp
16 Jul 2020068006
17 Jul 2020069004
18 Jul 2020069004

Bulletin

Solar activity was at very low levels and is expected to remain so.

No earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed in the available coronagraphic imagery.

The greater than 10 MeV proton flux and the greater than 2 MeV electron flux were at nominal levels during the last 24 hours and are expected to remain so for the next 24 hours.

The solar wind speed showed an increasing trend with values between 360 and 450 km/s (DSCOVR and ACE) over the past 24 hours. The total magnetic field was at 9 nT at the start of the period before reducing to fluctuate around 5 nT. Bz was predominantly positive, with values ranging between -6 and +4 nT. The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field (phi angle) was mostly directed away from the Sun (positive sector).

Geomagnetic activity was mostly quiet (local K Dourbes and NOAA Kp recorded values between 0-3 and 0-2, respectively). Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be mostly quiet on 16 - 19 July.

Today's estimated international sunspot number (ISN): 000, based on 11 stations.

Solar indices for 15 Jul 2020

Wolf number Catania000
10cm solar flux068
AK Chambon La Forêt008
AK Wingst006
Estimated Ap006
Estimated international sunspot number001 - Based on 22 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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