*********************************************************************** Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity Issued: 2018 February 21 08:27UTC Prepared by the Athens Space Weather Forecasting Center *********************************************************************** 1. Solar activity Solar activity was decreasing stable during the past 24 hours. Solar Flux (10.7 cm) measured on 20.02.2018 at 20:00 UTC was 68 sfu. The background X-Ray flux is at the class A2 level. The geomagnetic field was at very quiet to unsettled levels on February 20. No obviously Earth directed CMEs were observed in available LASCO imagery. The Kp index now is at very quiet levels with Kp=0. 2. Solar Wind Geomagnetic Activity Solar Wind speed from ACE: 400 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO A: 440 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO B: --- km/s. The southward component Bz is: 5 nT south. 3. Solar Energetic Particle Events Protons and electrons are quiet. 4. Coronal Holes A new coronal hole (CH853) on the northern hemisphere of the visible solar disk was in Earth facing position on February 19-20. 5. Geophysical Activity Forecast The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet levels on February 21-23. Date Estimated Ap index Expected geom. storm 2018.02.21 03 - 2018.02.22 05 - 2018.02.23 02 - *************************************************************************** Athens Space Weather Forecasting Center Physics Department, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Neutron Monitor Station A.NE.MO.S Tel.: +30 210 727 6901 email: spaceweather@phys.uoa.gr URL: http://spaceweather.phys.uoa.gr ***************************************************************************