venerdì 19 gennaio 2018

Weekly Forecasts Bulletin

Solar activity forecast for the period January 19 - January 25, 2018

Activity level: mostly very low
X-ray background flux (1.0-8.0 A): in the range A2.0-A5.5
Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 66-76 f.u.
Events: class C (0/period), class M (0/period), class X (0/period), proton
(0/period)
Relative sunspot number (Ri): in the range 0-35

Martina Exnerova
RWC Prague, Astronomical Institute, Solar Dept., Ondrejov, Czech Republic
e-mail: sunwatch(at)asu.cas..cz

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period January 19 - January 25, 2018

Quiet: Jan 19, Jan 22 - 23, 25
Unsettled: Jan 19 - 22, 24
Active:   Jan 19 - 20
Minor storm: 0
Major storm: 0
Severe storm: 0

Geomagnetic activity summary:
The coming week, we do not expect any storming event but we expect an
active episode this weekend (peaking about Saturday, January 20). After
this event, geomagnetic activity decrease to unsettled level is expected.
Since Tuesday, January 23, we expect quiet conditions return although the
last days could be influeced by coronal hole 62/+3. Nevertheless, in this
forecasted period, we expect only isolated active event at the last days.

Tomas Bayer
RWC Prague
Institute of Geophysics of the ASCR, Prague
Department of Geomagnetism
Budkov observatory (BDV)

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period January 19 - February 14, 2018

Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on January 19, 30 - 31, February 3, 6 - 8
mostly quiet on February 2, 9
quiet to unsettled on January 23 - 27, 29, February 1
quiet to active on January 20 - 21, 28
active to disturbed on January 22, February (4 - 5, 10)

Amplifications of the solar wind from coronal holes are expected
on January 20 - 23, 28 - 31, February 5 - 6, (7, 9,) 10 - 12

Remark:
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.
- Current forecasts are continuing to be less reliable.

F. K. Janda, OK1HH
(from Czech Propagation Interested Group
compiling this geomagnetic activity weekly forecasts since 1978).
e-mail: ok1hh(at)rsys.cz