At 2347 UTC on November 3, Australia’s Space Weather Services issued a
geomagnetic disturbance warning: “Expect Unsettled to Active conditions with
periods of Minor Storm levels in the Australian region for the next UT day, 4
November, if a small coronal hole in the Southern hemisphere becomes
geoeffective.”
But as of November 3, the prediction from NOAA/USAF for
planetary A index for November 4 and 5 is only 10 and 8.
Over the past reporting week
(October 27 through November 2) we saw two days with no sunspots, October 28 and
November 2. Prior to the past week, in recent memory only October 1 had no
sunspots either. Average daily sunspot number for the week was 9.1, down from
18.7 over the previous seven days.
