Last major update issued on June 9, 2010 at 03:15 UTC.
[Solar and geomagnetic data - last month (updated daily)]
[Solar wind and electron fluence charts (updated daily)
[Solar cycles 21-24 (last update May 26, 2010)]
[Solar cycles 1-20]
[Graphical comparison of cycles 21, 22 and 23 (last update October 4, 2007)]
[Graphical comparison of cycles 2, 10, 13, 17, 20 and 23 (last update October 4, 2007)]
[Historical solar and geomagnetic data charts 1954-2006 (last update April 5, 2007)]
[Archived reports (last update April 2, 2010)]
The geomagnetic field was very quiet on June 8. Solar wind speed ranged between 345 and 446 km/s.
Solar flux measured at 20h UTC on 2.8 GHz was 71.9. The planetary A index was 3 (STAR Ap - based on the mean of three hour interval ap indices: 3.1). Three hour interval K indices: 10100111 (planetary), 21111311 (Boulder).
The background x-ray flux is at the class A7 level.
At midnight there were 3 spotted regions on the visible solar disk.
New region 11078 emerged in the southwest quadrant on June 7 and was numbered the next day by NOAA/SWPC. The region developed moderately quickly on June 8 and could produce C flares. The region has reversed polarities and polarity intermixing.
Spotted regions not numbered by NOAA/SWPC:
[S775] A new region emerged in the northeast quadrant on June 7. Slow
decay was observed on June 8. Location
at midnight: N15E07
[S776] This region emerged in the southwest quadrant on June 8. Location
at midnight: S25W23
June 6-8: No obvious Earth directed CMEs were observed in LASCO or STEREO images.
Coronal hole history (since late October 2002)
Compare today's report to the situation one solar rotation ago:
28 days ago
27 days ago
26 days ago
A trans equatorial coronal hole is rotating into view near the east limb and could be numbered tomorrow.
Processed SOHO/EIT 195 image at 00:00 UTC on June 9. The darkest areas on the solar disk are likely coronal holes.
Long distance low and medium frequency (below 2 MHz) propagation along paths north of due west over high and upper middle latitudes is fair. Propagation on long distance northeast-southwest paths is poor to fair.
The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet on June 9 with a possibility of unsettled intervals. Quiet conditions are likely on June 10-12.
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) Effects from a CME are likely to be observed at 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.
Compare to the previous day's image
Data for all numbered solar regions according to the Solar Region Summary provided by NOAA/SWPC. 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 SWPC or where SWPC has observed no spots. SWPC active region numbers in the table below and in the active region map above are the historic SWPC/USAF numbers.
Active region | Date numbered | SWPC spot count |
STAR spot count |
Location at midnight | Area | SWPC Classification |
Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11078 | 2010.06.08 | 2 | 12 | S22W45 | 0080 | CRO | formerly region S774 classification was DAI at midnight reversed polarity beta-gamma |
S775 | 2010.06.07 | 1 | N15E07 | 0000 | AXX | ||
S776 | 2010.06.08 | 1 | S25W23 | 0000 | AXX | ||
Total spot count: | 2 | 14 | |||||
SSN: | 12 | 44 |
Month | Average measured solar flux | International sunspot number (SIDC) | Smoothed sunspot number | Average ap (3) |
---|---|---|---|---|
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) | |
2008.07 | 65.7 (SF minimum) | 0.5 | 2.8 (-0.4) | |
2008.12 | 69.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 (-) sunspot minimum |
3.25 |
2009.03 | 69.2 | 0.7 | 2.0 (+0.1) | 4.85 |
2009.04 | 69.7 | 0.8 | 2.2 (+0.2) | 4.52 |
2009.05 | 70.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 (+0.1) | 4.75 |
2009.06 | 68.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 (+0.4) | 5.22 |
2009.07 | 68.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 (+0.9) | 5.49 / 4.55 |
2009.08 | 67.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 (+1.2) | 5.70 / 4.89 |
2009.09 | 70.5 | 4.3 | 6.1 (+1.3) | 3.88 / 3.61 |
2009.10 | 72.6 | 4.8 | 7.0 (+0.9) | 3.66 / 3.56 |
2009.11 | 73.6 | 4.1 | 7.6 (+0.6) | 2.45 / 2.63 |
2009.12 | 76.7 | 10.8 | (8.2 predicted, +0.6) | 1.41 / 1.92 |
2010.01 | 81.1 | 13.1 | (9.2 predicted, +1.0) | 2.93 / 3.07 |
2010.02 | 84.7 | 18.6 | (10.7 predicted, +1.5) | 4.15 / 4.61 |
2010.03 | 83.4 | 15.4 | (12.5 predicted, +1.8) | 4.58 / 4.65 |
2010.04 | 75.9 | 7.9 | (14.1 predicted, +1.6) | 10.22 / 10.24 |
2010.05 | 73.8 | 8.8 | (15.4 predicted, +1.3) | 9.18 / 8.15 |
2010.06 | 71.5 (1) | 4.2 (2) | (16.9 predicted, +1.5) | (8.64) |
1) Running average based on the
daily 20:00 UTC observed solar flux
value at 2800 MHz.
2) Current impact on the monthly SSN based on the Boulder (NOAA/SWPC) sunspot number
(accumulated daily sunspots / month days). The official international sunspot number is typically
30-50% lower.
3) Running average based on the
daily SWPC ap indices. Values in red are based on
the
official NGDC ap indices.
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.