Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 12 - 18.12.2011, Forecast on 19 - 26.12.2011, Carrington Rotations 2017, 2118 (16,30.11, 13,61.12.2011) SOLAR SUNSPOT ACTIVITY OF THE LAST PERIOD WAS ON AVERAGE, AND 15.11 ON LOW LEVELS. ESTIMATED, RATING, WEEKLY AVERAGE OF SUN- SPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE PERIOD WAS MA- DE W=044+18/-18. ON THE VISIBLE DISK OF THE SUN CONSTANTLY THE- RE ARE FROM 7 TO 3 SMALL AND QUIET SUNSPOT GROUPS. NEXT WEEK THE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE AVERAGE. THE CALCULATED MOST LIKELY WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF SUN- SPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT PERIOD W= 050+10/-20. FLARE ACTIVITY WAS ON A LOW AND VERY LOW (16.12) LEVELS ALL DAYS. SOHO CORONOGRAPH HAVE REGISTRED 43 CME FROM WHICH WAS 4 WERE TYPE "PARTIAL HALO" II. --------------------------------------------------------------------- to tm te localiz. Class E(1-8A) AR RII/IV CME X/opt. J/m-2 DSF to te c/p localiz. l in deg. Fl AR CME c/p localiz. - central part localization --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEEK FLARE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ON LOW AND VERY 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 - S19L022 S26L014 S28L017 S22L021 14.12 1 SDO, SOHO, .... R - solar rotations; KP - KITT PEAK solar observatory; EE-date of possible geomag. disturbation in the Earth's environment. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WITH 8.12/19 ON 17/11 UT THE EARTH WAS IN "-" SECTOR OF THE INTERPLA- NETARY MAGNETIC FIELD. POSSIBLY IT IS SIMPLE THE ISLAND "+" SECTOR AS ALREADY 19.12 IN 04 UT THERE IS A HINT ON RETURNING IN "-" SECTOR. THE FOLLOWING SECTOR BOOUNDERY - /+ THE EARTH SHOULD PASS ON 26.12. ----------------------------------------------------------------- DECEMBER 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DECEMBER Wus 070 077 065 044 060 095 103 F10.7 132 133 132 124 121 120 128 èbcg ÷5.0 ÷5.1 ÷8.3 ÷3.2 ÷2.5 ÷2.3 ÷3.2 GOES Sp 530 280 280 280 250 250 270 Nnew 0 1 1 1 2 2 IMF - - - - - - + ACE Å>2 3.8å+6 3.2å+6 3.8å+6 4.4E+6 4.8å+6 5.1å+6 3.6å+6 GOES Nm% THULE Ap 3 2 4 0 0 0 1 áÒ Dst KIOTO Amsc 11 9 8 7 7 7 7 IZMIRAN --------------------------------------------------------------- THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT VERY HIGH LEVEL OF FLUX WAS NOT OBSERVED. THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT HIGH LEVEL IS NOT EXPECTED. ALL PERIOD GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS WERE UNSETTLED AND QUIET. NEXT WEEK GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED REMAINED QUIET AND UNSETTLED. HIGHLIGHT AND FORECAST COMPOSED FROM DATA OF NOAA SWPC 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