sabato 17 settembre 2016

Weekly Forecasts Bulletin

Solar activity forecast for the period September 16 - September 22, 2016


Activity level: mostly very low to low
X-ray background flux (1.0-8.0 A): in the range A7.0-B3.0
Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 70-100 f.u.
Events: class C (0-3/day), class M (0-1/period), class X (0/period), proton (0/period)
Relative sunspot number (Ri): in the range 0-70

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

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period September 16 - September 22, 2016


Quiet: Sep 16 - 17, 22
Unsettled: Sep 16 - 21
Active:  possible Sep 19 - 20
Minor storm: 0
Major storm:0
Severe storm: 0

Geomagnetic activity summary:
At the boundaries of forecasted time, we expect quiet to unsettled
conditions. Quiet to unsettled conditions are probable for most of the
whole time but between the Sep 18 to 20, an active episode can occur.
Locally, we expect the episode at the active levels, the local K-index
should not exceed K = 4.

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

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period September 16 - October 12, 2016


Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on  September 18, 23 - 24, October 4 - 7, 11 - 12
mostly quiet on  September 16 - 17, 22, 25, October 3, 8
quiet to unsettled on  September 21, 26 - 27, October 2, 9 - 10
quiet to active on September 19 - 20, October 1
active to disturbed on  September 28 - 30

Amplifications of the solar wind from coronal holes are expected
on September (18,) 22, 26 - 28, October 1.

Remark:
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.

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