*********************************************************************** Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity Issued: 2018 September 24 05:57UTC 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 23.09.2018 at 20:00 UTC was 68 sfu. The background X-Ray flux is at the class A2 level. The geomagnetic field was at almost quiet to active levels on September 23. No obviously Earth directed CMEs were observed in available LASCO imagery. The Kp index now is at unsettled levels with Kp=3. 2. Solar Wind Geomagnetic Activity Solar Wind speed from ACE: 475 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO A: 330 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO B: --- km/s. The southward component Bz is: 0 nT. 3. Solar Energetic Particle Events Protons and electrons are quiet. 4. Coronal Holes An equatorial coronal hole (CH887) was in Earth facing position on September 19-21. A high speed stream of solar wind arrived on the second half of September 21. 5. Geophysical Activity Forecast The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels, with a chance for active intervals, on September 24 and at quiet levels on September 25-26. Date Estimated Ap index Expected geom. storm 2018.09.24 07 - 2018.09.25 04 - 2018.09.26 03 - *************************************************************************** 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 ***************************************************************************