*********************************************************************** Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity Issued: 2020 July 18 06:41UTC 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 17.07.2020 at 20:00 UTC was 68 sfu. The background X-Ray flux is at the class < A1 level. The geomagnetic field was at very quiet levels on July 17. 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: 365 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO A: 350 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO B: --- km/s. The southward component Bz is: 1 nT north. 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 July 18-20. Date Estimated Ap index Expected geom. storm 2020.07.18 04 - 2020.07.19 03 - 2020.07.20 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 ***************************************************************************