Solar Activity Report for 3/16/05
- All remains quiet this evening, with no major flare activity and no
coronal holes pointing our way. There was a nice sized bang just over
the southeastern limb of the solar disk earlier yesterday, so it will
be interesting to see what comes into view in the days ahead. There's
not much to report this time around, so that'll do it for now.
The current solar and geomagnetic conditions are :
NOAA sunspot number : 45
SFI : 105
A index : 7
K index : 3
Solar wind speed : 386.3 km/sec
Solar wind density : 7.1 protons/cc
Solar wind pressure : 1.8 nPa
IMF : 6.4 nT
IMF Orientation : 1.1 nT South
GOES-12 Background X-ray Flux level : B1
Conditions for the last 24 hours :
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
Forecast for the next 24 hours :
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.
Solar activity forecast :
Solar activity is expected to be very low to low. There is a chance
for C-class flares from Region 742.
Geomagnetic activity forecast :
The geomagnetic field is expected to be mostly unsettled with a chance
for active on 17 March due to a favorably positioned coronal hole.
Predominantly unsettled is expected on 18 March, with a return to
quiet to unsettled expected on 19 March.
Recent significant solar flare activity :