giovedì 10 novembre 2016

Weekly Forecasts Bulletin

Solar activity forecast for the period November 11 - November 17, 2016


Activity level: mostly very low to low
X-ray background flux (1.0-8.0 A): in the range A6.0-B2.5
Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 70-95 f.u.
Events: class C (0-2/day), class M (0/period), class X (0/period), proton (0/period)
Relative sunspot number (Ri): in the range 0-65

Tomas Blaha
RWC Prague, Astronomical Institute, Solar Dept., Ondrejov, Czech Republic
e-mail: sunwatch(at)asu.cas.cz

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period November 11 - November 17, 2016


Quiet: Nov 10 - 11, 15 - 16
Unsettled: Nov 11, 13 - 17
Active: Nov 11 - 12, 17
Minor storm: possible Nov 12
Major storm:0
Severe storm: 0

Geomagnetic activity summary:
We expect an active episode late evening Friday, Nov 11, and continuing at
Saturday, Nov 12. This day, minor storming event is possible. Since Nov
14, we expect return to quiet to unsettled conditions till Nov 16. At the
end of forecasted period, other active episode is possible.

Tomas Bayer
RWC Prague
Institute of Geophysics of the ASCR, Prague
Department of Geomagnetism
Budkov observatory (BDV)

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period November 11 - December 7, 2016


Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on November 15 - 17, December 1 - 4
mostly quiet on November 14, 19, 28, December 7
quiet to unsettled on November 11, 18, 26 - 27, December 5
quiet to active on November 12 - 13, 20, 24, 29 - 30, December 6
active to disturbed on November 21 - 22, (23, 25)

Amplifications of the solar wind from coronal holes are expected
on November 11 - 13, 18 - 20

Remark:
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.
- Reliability of predictions is reduced at present.

F. K. Janda, OK1HH
Czech Propagation Interested Group
(OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978)
e-mail: ok1hh(at)rsys.cz