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The geomagnetic field was very quiet to unsettled on June 11. Solar wind speed ranged between 284 and 329 km/sec. Solar wind density increased slowly after 15h UTC, however, no increase in solar wind speed has been observed as I write this.
Solar flux measured at 20h UTC on 2.8 GHz was 108.0. The planetary
A
index was 6 (STAR Ap - based on the mean of three hour interval ap
indices: 6.4).
Three hour interval K indices: 21111223 (planetary), 21112223 (Boulder).
The background x-ray flux is at the class B1 level.
At midnight there were 3 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 10773 decayed slowly and quietly.
Region 10775 developed as new spots emerged near the main penumbra. There could be a weak magnetic delta structure in
a small penumbra near the northeastern part of the large spot. This region was the source of a long duration C3.5 event early on
June 12.
Region 10776 decayed in the trailing spot section with penumbral coverage decreasing. The region could still produce a
minor M class flare.
June 10-11: No obvious fully or partly Earth directed CMEs were observed in LASCO images.
June 9: A faint full halo CME was observed in LASCO C3 images during the late afternoon and early evening and may have been
related to a long duration low level x-ray enhancement.
June 8: At least a partial halo CME was observed in LASCO C3 images during the late afternoon and early evening. The
ejected material was first observed over the southwest limb and was likely related to a filament eruption to the north of region
10772.
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 near Earth facing positions.
Processed SOHO/EIT 284 image at 01:06 UTC on June 6. The darkest areas on the solar disk are likely coronal holes.
The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to active on June 12-13 and quiet to unsettled on June 14-15.
Coronal holes (1) | Coronal mass ejections (2) | M and X class flares (3) |
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 poor to very poor. Propagation along long distance north-south paths is poor to very poor. Trans Atlantic propagation conditions are normally monitored every night on 1470 kHz. Dominant stations tonight: Radio Cristal del Uruguay and Radio Vibración (Venezuela), both with weak signals. Only a few other trans Atlantic signals were audible.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10773 | 2005.06.01 | 3 | 2 | S15W54 | 0060 | CSO | classification was HAX at midnight, area 0040 |
10775 | 2005.06.04 | 13 | 28 | N10W19 | 0330 | DKI |
beta-gamma
classification was DKC at midnight, area 0410 |
10776 | 2005.06.05 | 28 | 39 | S06W08 | 0520 | EKI |
beta-gamma area was 0470 at midnight |
10777 | 2005.06.10 | 1 | N05E41 | 0010 | AXX | spotless | |
S555 | 2005.06.07 | S03W54 | plage | ||||
S556 | 2005.06.09 | N05W21 | plage | ||||
Total spot count: | 45 | 69 | |||||
SSN: | 85 | 99 |
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) |
2004.04 | 101.2 | 39.3 | 45.5 (-1.6) |
2004.05 | 99.8 | 41.5 | 43.8 (-1.7) |
2004.06 | 97.4 | 43.2 | 41.6 (-2.2) |
2004.07 | 119.1 | 51.1 | 40.2 (-1.4) |
2004.08 | 109.6 | 40.9 | 39.2 (-1.0) |
2004.09 | 103.1 | 27.7 | 37.5 (-1.7) |
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 | (34.8 predicted, -0.5) |
2005.01 | 102.2 | 31.3 | (32.8 predicted, -2.0) |
2005.02 | 97.2 | 29.1 | (30.4 predicted, -2.4) |
2005.03 | 89.9 | 24.8 | (28.8 predicted, -1.6) |
2005.04 | 86.0 | 24.4 | (26.9 predicted, -1.9) |
2005.05 | 99.3 | 42.6 | (24.3 predicted, -2.6) |
2005.06 | 105.1 (1) | 31.3 (2) | (22.8 predicted, -1.5) |
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% less.
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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