Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2016 Mar 07 0539 UTC
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# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 29 February - 06 March 2016
Solar activity reached low levels on 04 March due to a C1 flare from Region 2506 (S06, L=223, class/area=Dai/130 on 29 Feb) at 0900 UTC. Very low levels were observed for the remainder of the period. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed in coronagraph imagery.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached moderate levels throughout the period.
Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet or quiet to unsettled levels until 06 March, when a negative polarity coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS) became geoeffective. During the onset of the
co-rotating interaction region (CIR) total field (Bt) to a maximum of 22 nT at 06/1646 UTC while the Bz component reached a maximum southward deflection of -18 nT at 06/1834 UTC. Solar wind speeds increased to a peak of around 580 km/s at the end of the period. The geomagnetic field reached G1 (Minor) during the 1500-1800 synoptic period, G2 (Moderate) during the 1800-2100 synoptic period, and G3 (Strong) Geomagnetic Storm levels during the 2100-2400 UTC synoptic period.
Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 07 March - 02 April 2016
Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels, with a chance for C-class flares, throughout the forecast period.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels from 07-10 March and 17-22 March due to CH HSS effects. Moderate levels are expected from 11-16 March and 23 March - 02 April.
Geomagnetic field activity is likely to reach G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 07 March, 17-19 March, and 02 Apr in reponse to effects from multiple coronal holes. Quiet to quiet to unsettled
conditions are anticipated for rest of the forecast period under nominal solar wind conditions.
Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2016 Mar 07 0539 UTC
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# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2016-03-07
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2016 Mar 07 95 22 5
2016 Mar 08 95 10 3
2016 Mar 09 95 8 3
2016 Mar 10 90 5 2
2016 Mar 11 90 5 2
2016 Mar 12 95 10 3
2016 Mar 13 95 8 3
2016 Mar 14 95 5 2
2016 Mar 15 90 5 2
2016 Mar 16 90 15 4
2016 Mar 17 90 25 5
2016 Mar 18 95 25 5
2016 Mar 19 95 25 5
2016 Mar 20 95 12 4
2016 Mar 21 90 5 2
2016 Mar 22 90 5 2
2016 Mar 23 90 5 2
2016 Mar 24 95 5 2
2016 Mar 25 95 5 2
2016 Mar 26 95 5 2
2016 Mar 27 95 5 2
2016 Mar 28 95 5 2
2016 Mar 29 95 5 2
2016 Mar 30 95 5 2
2016 Mar 31 90 5 2
2016 Apr 01 90 5 2
2016 Apr 02 90 25 5
(NOAA)