Last major update issued on December 6, 2005 at 05:30 UTC.
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The geomagnetic field was inactive to very quiet on December 5. Solar wind speed ranged between 397 and 562 (all day average 477) km/sec, generally decreasing all day.
Solar flux measured at 20h UTC
on 2.8 GHz was 91.7. The planetary
A
index was 2 (STAR Ap - based on the mean of three hour interval ap
indices: 1.6)
Three hour interval K indices: 11000001 (planetary), 11111111 (Boulder).
The background x-ray flux is at the class A8 level.
At midnight there were 5 spotted regions on the visible solar disk. The solar flare activity level was very low. No C class events were recorded during the day.
Region 10826
decayed quickly and quietly.
Region 10827 reemerged with a single small spot.
Region 10828 decayed slowly and quietly.
Region 10830 was quiet and stable.
Region 10831 developed penumbra both in the leading and trailing spot sections, however, several small spots disappeared
and the general impression is that the region is decaying.
December 3-5: No obvious partly or fully Earth directed CMEs were observed.
Coronal
hole
history (since late October 2002)
Compare today's report with the
situation one solar rotation ago: 28
days ago 27 days ago 26
days ago
No obvious coronal holes are currently in or near Earth facing positions.
Processed SOHO/EIT 284 image at 13:06 UTC on December 2. The darkest areas on the solar disk are likely coronal holes.
The geomagnetic field is expected to be mostly quiet on December 6-8.
Coronal holes (1) | Coronal mass ejections (2) | M and X class flares (3) |
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1) Effects from a coronal hole could reach
Earth
within the next 5 days. When the high speed stream has arrived
the color changes to green.
2) Material from a CME is likely to impact Earth within 96 hours.
3) There is a possibility of either M or X class flares within the next
48 hours.
Green: 0-20% probability, Yellow: 20-60% probability, Red: 60-100% probability.
Long distance low and medium frequency (below 2 MHz) propagation along east-west paths over high and upper middle latitudes is fair to good. Propagation on long distance northeast-southwest paths is poor. Trans Atlantic propagation conditions are normally monitored every night on 1470 kHz. Dominant stations tonight: WLAM Lewiston ME with ESPN programming and Radio Vibración (Venezuela). Lots of stations from the eastern parts of North America were audible throughout the MW band, some with fairly strong signals.
Compare to the previous day's image.
Data for all numbered solar regions according to the Solar Region Summary provided by NOAA/SEC. Comments are my own, as is the STAR spot count (spots observed at or inside a few hours before midnight) and data for regions not numbered by SEC or where SEC has observed no spots. SEC active region numbers in the table below and in the active region map above are the historic SEC/USAF numbers.
Active region | Date numbered | SEC spot count |
STAR spot count |
Location at midnight | Area | Classification | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10826 | 2005.11.28 | 25 | 19 | S06W35 | 0260 | EHC | classification was EAI at midnight, area 0180 |
10827 | 2005.11.30 | 1 | N08W10 | 0000 | AXX | ||
10828 | 2005.12.01 | 11 | 7 | S04W11 | 0020 | CSO | classification was CAO at midnight, area 0030 |
10829 | 2005.12.02 | N10W39 | plage | ||||
10830 | 2005.12.02 | 1 | 1 | N13E36 | 0090 | HSX | |
10831 | 2005.12.04 | 8 | 7 | S07W22 | 0050 | DAI | classification was DSO at midnight, area 0030 |
S611 | 2005.12.02 | S13W37 | plage | ||||
Total spot count: | 45 | 35 | |||||
SSN: | 85 | 85 |
Month | Average solar flux at Earth |
International sunspot number | Smoothed sunspot number |
---|---|---|---|
2000.04 | 184.2 | 125.5 | 120.8 cycle 23 sunspot max. |
2000.07 | 202.3 | 170.1 | 119.8 |
2001.12 | 235.1 | 132.2 | 114.6 (-0.9) |
2004.10 | 105.9 | 48.0 | 35.9 (-1.6) |
2004.11 | 113.2 | 43.5 | 35.3 (-0.6) |
2004.12 | 94.5 | 17.9 | 35.2 (-0.1) |
2005.01 | 102.2 | 31.3 | 34.6 (-0.6) |
2005.02 | 97.2 | 29.2 | 33.9 (-0.7) |
2005.03 | 89.9 | 24.5 | 33.5 (-0.4) |
2005.04 | 86.0 | 24.4 | 31.6 (-1.9) |
2005.05 | 99.3 | 42.6 | 28.9 (-2.7) |
2005.06 | 93.7 | 39.6 | (28.1 predicted, -0.8) |
2005.07 | 96.4 | 39.9 | (27.6 predicted, -0.5) |
2005.08 | 90.5 | 36.4 | (25.7 predicted, -1.8) |
2005.09 | 91.1 | 22.1 | (23.6 predicted, -2.1) |
2005.10 | 77.0 | 8.5 | (21.6 predicted, -2.0) |
2005.11 | 86.3 | 18.0 | (19.2 predicted, -2.4) |
2005.12 | 98.5 (1) | 13.8 (2) | (16.4 predicted, -2.8) |
1) Running average based on the
daily 20:00 UTC observed solar flux
value at 2800 MHz.
2) Unofficial, accumulated value based on the Boulder (NOAA/SEC)
sunspot number. The official international sunspot number is typically
30-50% lower.
This report has been prepared by Jan Alvestad. It is based partly on my own observations and analysis, and partly on data from some of these solar data sources. All time references are to the UTC day. Comments and suggestions are always welcome.
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