giovedì 15 ottobre 2015

Weekly Forecasts Bulletin

Solar activity forecast for the period October 16 - 22, 2015

Activity level: mostly low to moderate
X-ray background flux (1.0-8.0 A): in the range B1.5-B9.5
Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 95-135 f.u.
Events: class C (0-15/day), class M (0-4/day), class X (0/period),
        proton (0/period)
Relative sunspot number (Ri): in the range 15-95

Jozef Lesko
RWC Prague, Astronomical Institute, Solar Dept., Ondrejov, Czech Republic
e-mail: sunwatch(at)asu.cas.cz
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Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period October 15 - 22, 2015

Next day (Oct 16) we expect locally active conditions with minor storm
possible. Similarly, active conditions are probable at Oct 18-19 with
minor storm possible, too. Saturday, Oct 17, we expect at most unsettled
conditions.
Since Oct 19-20, we expect geomagnetic activity decrease but the local
conditions still at most unsettled.

Tomas Bayer
Institute of Geophysics ASCR
Budkov Geomagnetic Observatory (BDV)
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Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period October 16 - November 11, 2015

Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on October 22 - 26
mostly quiet on October 19 - 20, 27
quiet to unsettled on  October 18, 21, 28  - 30, November 6, 10 - 11
quiet to active on October  16 - 17, 31, November 1, 7 - 9
active to disturbed on November 2 - 5

Amplifications of the solar wind are expected on October 16 - 17,
November 2 - 5


Remarks:
- Reliability of predictions remains reduced in present solar cycle phase.
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.

Petr Kolman, OK1MGW
Czech Propagation Interested Group
(OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978)
e-mail: kolmanp(at)razdva.cz