sabato 16 aprile 2016

Solar activity forecast for the period April 15 - April 21, 2016

Subject: Weekly Forecasts Bulletin

Solar activity forecast for the period April 15 - April 21, 2016

Activity level: mostly low
X-ray background flux (1.0-8.0 A): in the range A9.0-B6.0
Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 90-115 f.u.
Events: class C (0-5/day), class M (0-2/period), class X (0/period), proton (0/period)
Relative sunspot number (Ri): in the range 15-100

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

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period April 15 - April 21, 2016


Quiet:  Apr 19 - 21
Unsettled: Apr 15 - 18
Active:  possible but unlikely Apr 17 - 18
Minor storm: 0
Major storm:0
Severe storm: 0

Geomagntic activity summary:
Maximum of geomagnetic activity has been recorded at Apr 12-13 when the
local K-index reached K=5. The active conditions continued till morning
Apr 14, then turned to unsettled.
Next week, we expect at most quiet to unsettled conditions only with
possible active episode between Apr 17-18. Nevertheless, it may be only an
isolated event. Then, we expect return of quiet to unsettled level.

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

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period April 15 - May 11, 2016


Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on April 21 - 22, May 6 - 7
mostly quiet on  April 17 - 18, 27 - 28, May 1 - 3, 8
quiet to unsettled on  April 15 - 16, 19 - 20, 25 - 26, May 11
quiet to active on April 23 - 24, 29 - 30, May 4 - 5, 9 - 10
active to disturbed on May (9 - 10)

Amplifications of the solar wind from coronal holes are expected:
on April 18 - 20, 23 - 24, 28 - 30, May 4 - 5, 8 - 11


Remarks:
- 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 (via Dario Monferini, April 16, DXLD)