Space Weather Report

Athens Cosmic Ray Station
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Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity
Issued: 2026 January 06 06:23UTC
Prepared by the Athens Space Weather Forecasting Center
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I. Solar activity
--Current Status
Solar Flux (10.7cm) measured on 05.01.2026 at 23:00 UTC was 154 sfu.
The background X-Ray flux is at the class C1.3 level.
No obviously Earth directed CMEs were observed in available LASCO imagery on January 02-04.
An equatorial coronal hole (CH1338) will like become Earth facing on January 06-08.

II. Solar Energetic Particle Events
Protons and electrons fluxes are quiet.

III. Interplanetary and Geomagnetic conditions
The solar wind speed measured by ACE satellite reached the max value 439 Km/s on January 05 at 06:55 UT during the last 24 hours.
The solar wind speed from STEREO A was detected 400 Km/s during the last 24 hours.
The vertical component of IMF Bz reached the max value -7 nT on January 05 at 11:30 UT during the last 24 hours.
The geomagnetic field was at quiet to active levels during the last 24 hours.
The Kp index now is at quiet levels with Kp=1.

IV. 3-day Geomagnetic Activity Forecast
The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet levels on January 06-08.

DateAp index forecastGeomagnetic Activity level
06.01.202605Quiet
07.01.202605Quiet
08.01.202605Quiet

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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
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