Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 12 - 18.05.2014, Forecast on 19 - 26.05.2014, Carrington Rotation 2150 (04,62.05.2014) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN CHANGED AT THE HIGH TO AVERAGE LEVELS. ESTIMATED, WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF THE RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUM- BER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM WAS MADE W=87+11/-09. ON THE VISIB- LE SOLAR DISK CONSTANTLY OBSERVED 7-10 SUNSPOT GROUPS, TWO OF WHICH WERE THE MIDDLE SIZE. NEXT WEEK IS EXPECTED THE MODERATE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVI- TY. ESTIMATED, MOST LIKELY WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT WEEK IS EXPECTED W = 050+20/-20. FLARE ACTIVITY WAS AT THE L0W LEVEL. WITHIN THE PERIOD WERE OBSERVED 6 SOLAR FILAMENT EJECTIONS. BY SOHO AND STEREO CORONOGRAPHS DATA THE- RE WERE OBSERVED 37 CME, SIX OF WHICH WERE THE TYPE OF "PARTIAL HA- LO II". ------------------------------------------------------------------- FLARES to tm te c/p local. Class E(1-8A) AR RII/IV CME X-ray/Ïp J/m-2 DSF to te c/p local. l in deg. Fl AR CME 12.05 >0752 >2325 N35E02L252 6 12.05 >0752 <2325 N01W43L297 11 12.05 1000 1122 S53E35L219 23 13.02 >0820 <0000 N17W49L290 13 14.05 0516 0737 S21E40L189 13 16.05 >0108 >1259 S17E26L159 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEEK FLARE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AT THE LOW AND THE AVERAGE LEVELS. ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK THE FOLLOWING CORONAL HOLES WERE OBSERVED: -------------------------------------------------------------------- sign N end Å end S end W end EE R G Observatories CH + N03L241 S01L236 S16L240 S14L239 16.05 1 SDO, SOHO, ... R - solar rotations; KP - KIT PEAK solar observatory; EE-date of possible geomag. disturbance in the Earth's environment. G - geoeffectivity in last solar rotation; A-active geomagnetic condition. --------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER 13.05/16 UT THE EARTH IS IN "+" SECTOR OF INTERPLANETARY MAGNE- TIC FIELDS. THE FOLLOWING SECTOR BOUNDER -/+ THE EARTH HAS TO PASS ON MAY, 19. MAY 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 MAY Wus 164 138 162 130 136 146 138 F10.7 163 159 163 152 139 134 128 èbcg B7.0 B6.4 ÷6.5 ÷5.8 ÷5.1 ÷5.0 B4.4 GOES Sp 1140 880 1000 900 770 580 470 mvh N 2 2 1 2 1 IMF - -/+ + + + + + áóå Å>2 5.2E+6 1.2å+7 1.3å+7 9.5å+6 3.1å+6 1.5å+6 1.7E+6 GOES Ie>2 pfu GOES Ap 8 4 5 4 4 3 4 nT áÒ Dst nT KIOTO Amsc 9 7 9 8 7 6 10 nT IZMIRAN -------------------------------------------------------------------- Å>2 - Daily Electron Fluence e/(cm2-ster-day) with E>2 MeV. Ie>2 - the maximum intensity of electron flux in geostationary orbits in days according to GOES 15 in (electrons/cm2-s-sr) for events > 1000 pfu. THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT VERY HIGH LEVEL WAS NOT OBSERVED. THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT VERY HIGH LEVEL BE NOT EXPECTED. The GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS REMAINED UNSETTLED AND QUITE. NEXT WEEK THE GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED UNSETTLED AND QUIET. 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