*********************************************************************** Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity Issued: 2019 April 17 05:29UTC 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 16.04.2019 at 20:00 UTC was 74 sfu. The background X-Ray flux is at the class < A1 level. The geomagnetic field was at quiet to unsettled levels on April 16. No obviously Earth directed CMEs were observed in available LASCO imagery. The Kp index now is at quiet levels with Kp=1. 2. Solar Wind Geomagnetic Activity Solar Wind speed from ACE: 360 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO A: 350 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 No obvious coronal holes are currently in the visible solar disk. 5. Geophysical Activity Forecast The geomagnetic field is expected to be at very quiet levels on April 17-19. Date Estimated Ap index Expected geom. storm 2019.04.17 03 - 2019.04.18 02 - 2019.04.19 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 ***************************************************************************