Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 03 - 09.10.2011, Forecast on 10 - 17.10.2011, Carrington Rotation 2015 (22,71.09.2011) SOLAR SUNSPOT ACTIVITY OF THE SUN OF THE LAST PERIOD KEPT AT THE AVERAGE LEVEL, GRADUALLY DECREASING BY THE PERIOD END. ESTIMATED, RATING, WEEKLY AVERAGE OF SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE PERIOD WAS MADE W=049+11/-12. ON THE VISIBLE DISK OF THE SUN CONSTANTLY ARE PRESENT FROM 6 TO 7 SMALL SUNSPOT GROUPS. NEXT WEEK THE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE AVERAGE. THE CALCULATED MOST LIKELY WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT PERIOD W=050+10/-10. FLARE ACTIVITY WAS ON AT LOW LEVEL 6-9 OCTOBER AND AT VERY LOW LEVEL IN OTHER DAYS. SOHO CORONOGRAPH HAVE REGISTRED 69 CME FROM WHICH 4 WERE OF TYPE PARTIAL HALO II AND III. --------------------------------------------------------------------- to tm te localization Class E(1-8A) AR RII/IV CME X-ray opt. J/m-2 to te central part localization l(deg.) Fl AR CME --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEEK FLARE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ON LOW LEVELS. ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK DURING THE LAST WEEK THE FOLLOWING CORONAL HOLES WERE OBSERVED : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- sign N end Å end S end W end EE R Observatories CH - N28L172 N18L167 N15L175 N20L186 8.10 1 ëò SOHO SDO.... CH - S18L090 S36L079 S40L082 S28L104 15.10 1 ëò SOHO SDO.... Given CH it was transformed from a gulf subpolar CH 4 solar rotations back. R - solar rotations; KP - KITT PEAK solar observatory; EE - date of possible geomagnetic disturbation in the Earth's environment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER 5.10/05 UT THE EARTH IS IN - SECTOR OF THE INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD. THE FOLLOWING SECTOR BOOUNDERY - /+ THE EARTH SHOULD PASS ON 23.10. OCTOBER 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 OCTOBER Wus 085 065 100 099 088 061 071 F10.7 129 130 127 124 122 118 121 èbcg ÷3.9 B4.3 ÷5.6 ÷4.4 ÷3.9 ÷3.3 ÷3.0 GOES Sp 785 1015 850 880 790 450 600 Nnew IMF + + +/- - - - - ACE Å>2 9.8å+7 1.3å+8 4.0å+7 1.1E+7 4.0å+6 7.0å+6 1.0å+6 GOES Nm% THULE Ap 6 6 20 17 6 6 14 áÒ Dst KIOTO Amsc 8 7 14 8 8 13 9 IZMIRAN --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT VERY HIGH LEVEL OF FLUX WAS OBSERVED 2 - 4 OCTOBER. THE FLUX BEGINNING - 2.10/1355 UT. NEXT WEEK THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT HIGH LEVEL IS NOT EXPECTED. GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO IZMIRAN DATA ALL PERIOD REMAINED QUIET AND UNSETTLED. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO GEOMAGNETIC OBSERVATORIES OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE DATA, ON OCTOBER, 5th AFTER ARRIVAL TO THE ENVIRONEMENT SPACE OF INTERPLANETARY SHOCK WAVE SI 5/0742 UT FROM FLARE OF X-RAY CLASS í3.9/1N 2.10 IT IS REGISTERED 6 HOUR MAGNETIC SUBSTORM BY INTENSITY G1. 17.10 GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS WERE ACTIVE, AND IN OTHER DAYS - UNSETTLED AND QUIET. NEXT WEEK IT IS MOST PROBABLE QUIET AND UNSETTLED GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS. HIGHLIGHT AND FORECAST COMPOSED FROM DATA OF NOAA SEC http://www.sec.noaa.gov, OF THE SOLAR INFLUENCES DATA ANALYSIS CENTER – SIDC, BELGIUM http://sidc.oma.be/index.php3, OF THE IZMIRAN, RUSSIA http://www.izmiran.ru