*********************************************************************** Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity Issued: 2019 January 23 08:53UTC Prepared by the Athens Space Weather Forecasting Center *********************************************************************** 1. Solar activity Solar activity was almost stable during the past 24 hours. Solar Flux (10.7 cm) measured on 22.01.2019 at 20:00 UTC was 71 sfu. The background X-Ray flux is at the class A2 level. The geomagnetic field was at very quiet levels on January 22. 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: 340 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO A: 340 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO B: --- km/s. The southward component Bz is: 7 nT south. 3. Solar Energetic Particle Events Protons and electrons are quiet. 4. Coronal Holes A new equatorial coronal hole (CH904) will be in Earth facing position on January 19-21. A high speed stream of solar wind is expected to reach Earth on January 23. 5. Geophysical Activity Forecast The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to active levels, with a chance for minor storm intervals, on January 23 and at unsettled to minor storm levels on January 24-25 due to CH904 effects. Date Estimated Ap index Expected geom. storm 2019.01.23 13 - 2019.01.24 21 G1 2019.01.25 18 G1 *************************************************************************** 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 ***************************************************************************