Good afternoon everyone!
Attached is today’s solar disc viewing plasma at 6,000 & 100,000 Kelvin (AIA 1600) to see sunspots, and 10 million Kelvin (AIA 131) to see super-heated plasma from solar flares.
Solar activity has remained at active levels, but this time from region 2060 in the southern hemisphere with a few low C-class flares including this C5-class flare peaking just before 0300 UT today.
All current sunspots remain at simple configurations. A small chance for M-class flares coming from active regions 2056 and 2060 remain. 2063 remains simple magnetically but is growing into a compact region that could start erupting with higher C-class flares soon.
Geomagnetic activity is still at quiet levels with Bz primarily taking a northern orientation the past 24 hours and low solar wind speeds. K-indices are not expected to go above a K3, assuming a period of southern Bz.
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Space Weather Data:
Solar Wind Speed: 332 km/s (Low)
Solar Wind Density: 4.5 p/cm^3 (Low)
IMF Strength (Bt): 6 nT (Low)
Bz: -0.8 nT (South)
Solar X-ray Data:
Current Level: B5.1 (Flat-lined)
24 hr Max: C5 (AR2060 @ ~0255 UT)
Current Geomagnetic K-indices:
Boulder: 0.6
Anchorage: 0
Sundsvall: 2
Mull: 1
Australia: 0
Estimated Kp for 1800 – 2100 UT: 1 (Very Quiet)