Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 18 - 24.05.2015, Forecast on 25 - 31.05.2015, Carrington Rotation 2163, 2164 (24,21.04; 21,44.05.2015) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN WAS AT THE AVERAGE LEVEL. ES- TIMATED, WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF THE RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM WAS MADE W = 042+08/-20. ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK CONSTANTLY OBSERVED 7 - 3 SMALL SUNSPOT GROUPS. NEXT WEEK THE AVERAGE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT-FORMING OF ACTIVITY, AND BY THE END OF THE PERIOD IS EXPECTED, IT IS POSSIBLE ON LOW. ES- TIMATED, MOST LIKELY WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT WEEK IS EXPEC- TED W = 030+20/-10. FLARE ACTIVITY WAS AT THE LOW LEVEL. 7 SOLAR FILAMENT EJECTIONS OCCURRENCE THROUGH THE PERIOD. BY DATA OF CORONOGRAPHS SOHO AND STEREO WERE OBSERVED >19 CME FROM WHICH ONE WAS THE "HALO" TYPE. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18.05 >0828 <1248 N37W47L077 8 18.05 >0855 >2330 S25E04l079 8 18.05 >1637 <0700 N20W54L084 8 12342 19.05 2023 2101 S26E25L352 4 12349 20.05 >1605 <1028 S01E09L355 6 22.05 1522 1628 N05W74L059 6 23.05 >0651 2343 S04W24l358 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEEK FLARE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ON AVERAGE AND THE LOW 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 + N60L020 N58L355 N35L018 N55L030 20.05 2 G1 SDO, SOHO... CH + N02L321 S15L308 S17L312 S10L328 27.05 4 G1 SDO, SOHO... CH + N55L259 N46L255 N08L320 N05L322 28.05 2 G1 SDO, SOHO... The last two, perhaps, make one enormous CH. 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM 23.05/18 UT ON THE EARTH IS IN "-" SECTOR OF THE INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD. THE FOLLOWING SECTOR BOUNDARY +/- EARTH HAS TO PASS 30.05. MAY 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MAY Wus 083 084 061 036 081 069 074 F10.7 115 110 106 102 099 131 099 èbcg B4.4 B3.4 B2.7 B2.0 B2.0 B1.9 B1.8 GOES Sp 340 220 130 070 160 150 180 msh N 2 1 2 1 1 IMF + + + + + +/- - áóå Å>2 1.4å+8 2.0å+6 5.4å+6 7.8å+6 9.2E+6 1.3E+7 1.4å+6 GOES Ie>2 pfu GOES Ap 14 19 7 3 3 3 4 nT Dst nT ëIïôï Amsc 17 14 10 7 9 7 9 nT IZMIRAN -------------------------------------------------------------------- Å>2 - Daily Electron Fluency 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 THEN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT BEGAN 14. 05/0925 UT AND WAS OBSERVED ON MAY 18. THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT OF VERY HIGH LEVEL IS NOT EXPECTED. THE GEOMAGNETIC CONDITION WAS QUIET AND UNSETTLED ALL DAYS. NEXT WEEK GEOMAGNETIC CONDITION IS EXPECTED UNSETTLED AND QUIET. HIGHLIGHT AND FORECAST COMPOSED FROM DATA OF NOAA SWPC, BOULDER, USA http://www.swpc.noaa.gov, OF THE SOLAR INFLUENCES DATA ANALYSIS CENTRE - SIDC, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM http://sidc.oma.be/index.php3, OF THE IZMIRAN, MOSCOW, TROITSK, RUSSIA http://www.izmiran.ru