*********************************************************************** Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity Issued: 2020 May 02 05:59UTC 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 01.05.2020 at 20:00 UTC was 70 sfu. The background X-Ray flux is at the class A2 level. The geomagnetic field was at quiet to unsettled levels on May 1. 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: 310 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO A: 450 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO B: --- km/s. The southward component Bz is: 1 nT south. 3. Solar Energetic Particle Events Protons and electrons are quiet. 4. Coronal Holes A new small equatorial coronal hole was in Earth facing position on May 1. 5. Geophysical Activity Forecast The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels on May 2-4. Probably the CME associated with a filament eruption on 27-04-2020 it is not Earth directed. Date Estimated Ap index Expected geom. storm 2020.05.02 04 - 2020.05.03 05 - 2020.05.04 05 - *************************************************************************** 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 ***************************************************************************