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Solar Activity Forecast

2023/11/20

                    25 CYCLE OF SOLAR ACTIVITY,
               THE BRANCH OF RISE: THE PHASE OF MAXIMUM      
                    
         Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
                   Highlights on 13 - 19.11.2023
                      Forecast on 20 - 17.11.2023 
        Carrington Rotations 2277-2278 (28,31.10-24.62.2023)
               Earth out of ecliptic (3.0 - 2.5 deg) 
                (S29 - N32 is zone of geoefficiency)

 THE SUNSPOT-FORMING SOLAR ACTIVITY  CHANGED FROM MODERATE  TO 
VERY LOW LEVELS.  ESTIMATED,  MOST LIKELY WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE 
OF THE SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM (old) FOR PE-
RIOD IS W=031+52/-15 (Wn=052+34/-36). ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISC 
OBSERVED UP SIX SUNSPOT GROUPS AND UP 3 LOCALIZED ON THE SOUTH 
HEMISPHERE.

 NEXT WEEK SUNSPOT ACTIVITY EXPECTED ON THE LOW AND, AT THE END 
OF THE PERIOD, MODERATE LEVELS. WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF THE RE-
LATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM FOR NEXT WEEK 
WILL W=080+40/-40.

 FLARE ACTIVITY WAS ON MIDDLE AND LOW LEVELS.  4 FLARE OF X-RAY 
CLASS M, 110 -CLASS C, 3 SOLAR FILAMENT EJECTION AND 59 CORONAL 
MASS EJECTIONS,  1 OF WHICH  WAS A TYPE IV (HALO) AND 5 OF TYPE 
II (angular width 90-180 deg), HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.
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FLARES >M1 X-RAY CLASSES
       to   tm   te localization Class   E(1-8A)  AR  RII/IV CME
                                X-ray/Ïp  J/m-2
14.11 2258 2305 2309 S20W75L205 M1.0/SN         13485     
18.11 0537 0542 0550 N23E89L344 M1.2    6.1E-03 13490     
18.11 1634 1644 1654 N16E89L344 M1.1            13490     
18.11 2226 2233 2240 N14E89L344 M1.0            13490     

DSF (EPL) to   te localization  l deg.  Fl    AR   CMEtype/to
16.11 0339  0402  S09W50L161   EPL 0.25 C1.4 13486      CME/0336    
17.11 0859  1212  S34W55L039    20 B.8A                             
18.11             S30E45L       20                                  
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 NEXT WEEK FLARE ACTIVITY WILL BE AT A LOW AND MODERATE LEVELS.

ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK THE FOLLOWING GEOEFFECTIVE CORONAL HOLES 
WERE OBSERVED:
 sign N end   E end   S end   W end   Sch   EE   R  G  Spacecraft 
CH + N28L111 N10L114 N02L104 N19L094 1.9% 21.11  1  -  SDO, HINOTORI
* - low geoeffectivity, the substorms with duration <6 h only.
Sch - CH area in % solar hemisphere near the central meridian on 
https://www.solarmonitor.org/; n/d - no data; R - solar rotations; 
EE-date of possible geomagnetic disturbance in the Earth's environment.
G(0-5)-geoeffectivity in last solar rotation on the middle latitudes. 
A-active geomagnetic condition. 
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FROM 18.11/0700 UT THE EARTH MOVED TO THE "-" SECTOR OF THE INTERPLANE-
TARY MAGNETIC FIELD. NEXT SECTOR BOUNDARY "-/+" EXPECTED 21.11.

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NOVEMBER 13     14     15     16     17     18     19    îïñâòø       
Wus     085    086    041    028    026    039    051
F10.7   134    124    119    118    120    127    140    
èbcg   ÷7.4   B9.4   ÷8.9   ÷8.6   B7.1   C1.5   ó1.6    GOES       
Sp      560    580    210    130    180    340    400    msh        
N        1      1      1             1      1      1     
IMF     -/+     +      +      +      +     +/-     -     DSCOVR     
Å>2  3.7å+6 2.3E+6 3.0E+6 7.2E+6 1.1E+7 1.3å+7 5.9å+6    GOES       
Ie>2    592    181    101    277    340    399    250    pfU       
Ap       14     4      12     12     2      1      3     nô        
Dst                                                      nô KIOTO  
Amsc     14     5      12     7      4      3      3     nô IZMIRAN
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Å>2 - Daily Electron Fluency e/(cm2-ster-day) with E>2 MeV.
Ie>2 - the maximum intensity of electron flux on geostationary 
orbits for days according to GOES-18 in  (electrons/cm*2/s.sr)  
for events F>1000 pfu.

 THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT  
NOT OBSERVED.

 NEXT WEEK A HIGH LEVEL OF HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON FLUX WITH å>2 
MeV BE NOT EXPECTED.

THE GEOMAGNETIC CONDITION CHANGED FROM ACTIVE TO UNSETTLED.

 NEXT WEEK THE GEOMAGNETIC CONDITION PROMISES TO BE UNSETTLED 
AND QUITE. 
 
HIGHLIGHT AND FORECAST COMPOSED FROM DATA:
NOAA SWPC, BOULDER, USA               http://www.swpc.noaa.gov,
THE SOLAR INFLUENCES DATA ANALYSIS CENTRE, 
SIDC, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM               http://sidc.oma.be/index.php3, 
THE IZMIRAN, MOSCOW, TROITSK, RUSSIA  http://www.izmiran.ru
                                                          V.Ishkov