*********************************************************************** Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity Issued: 2019 February 12 07:01UTC Prepared by the Athens Space Weather Forecasting Center *********************************************************************** 1. Solar activity Solar activity was increasing during the past 24 hours. Solar Flux (10.7 cm) measured on 11.02.2019 at 20:00 UTC was 70 sfu. The background X-Ray flux is at the class < A1 level. The geomagnetic field was at quiet to unsettled levels on February 11. 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: 345 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO A: 330 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO B: --- km/s. The southward component Bz is: 2 nT north. 3. Solar Energetic Particle Events Protons and electrons are quiet. 4. Coronal Holes A southern coronal hole (CH907) was in Earth facing position on February 5-6. 5. Geophysical Activity Forecast The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels, with a chance for active intervals, on February 12-13 and at quiet to unsettled levels on February 14. Date Estimated Ap index Expected geom. storm 2019.02.12 07 - 2019.02.13 11 - 2019.02.14 08 - *************************************************************************** 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 ***************************************************************************