Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 19 - 25.10.2015, Forecast on 26.10 - 02.11.2015, Carrington Rotation 2169 (04,57.10.2015) SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN REMAINED AT THE MIDDLE LEVEL. ESTIMATED, WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF THE RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM (old) WAS W = 49+7/-11 (Wn=78+12/-18). ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK HAVE BEEN OBSERVED 6-4 SMALL, QUITE SUNSPOT GROUPS. THE MIDDLE AND THE LOW LEVELS OF THE SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY IS EX- PECTED ON THE NEXT WEEK. AS ESTIMATED, THE MOST LIKELY WEEKLY AVERA- GE VALUE OF THE RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT WEEK IS W = 030+10/-20. SPOTLESS DAYS ARE POSSIBLE. FLARE ACTIVITY WAS AT A LOW LEVEL ALL DAYS, EXCEPT OCTOBER 23 AND 25.10 WHEN IT BECAME VERY LOW. THERE WERE TWO SOLAR FILAMENT EJECTI- ON OCCURRENCES THROUGH THE PERIOD. ACCORDING TO THE DATA FROM SOHO AND STEREO CORONOGRAPHS >10 CMEs HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FLARES to tm te c/p local.Class E(1-8A) AR RII/IV CME X-ray/Ïp J/m-2 DSF to te ËÏÏÒÄÉÎÁÔÙ l × ÇÒÁÄ. Fl Aï CME 20.10 >0956 <2225 N15E12L137 7 21.10 >1910 <1415 N35W23L159 19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEXT WEEK FLARE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ON THE LOW AND THE VERY 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 - N15L180 N10L168 N00L183 N04L187 21.10 3 SDO, SOHO... CH - N20L152 N19L151 N12L157 N15L167 22.10 3 SDO, SOHO... On the last rotation these CH were one. 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 25.10/0730 UT THE EARTH IS IN "+" SECTOR OF THE INTERPLANE- TARY MAGNETIC FIELD. 19 - 25.10 THE EARTH WAS IN "-" SECTOR. THE FOLLOWING +/- THE EARTH HAS TO PASS SECTOR BOUNDARY 27.10, AND IS FINAL IN "+" SECTOR THE EARTH WILL ENTER 29.10. OCTOBER 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 OCTOBER Wus 094 077 073 094 091 074 063 F10.7 124 123 129 121 115 106 106 èbcg ÷4.1 ÷4.3 B4.8 B4.1 B3.6 B3.2 B3.4 GOES Sp 580 520 510 470 410 320 280 msh N 2 IMF +/- - - - - - -/+ áóå Å>2 1.4å+7 3.4å+7 1.3å+7 1.4å+7 1.1+7 1.1E+7 2.7E+6 GOES Ie>2 332 1254 658 806 376 346 111 pfu GOES Ap 3 10 12 7 8 11 8 nT BOULDER Dst nT KIOTO Amsc 8 15 12 11 10 11 10 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 THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT WAS BE- GINNING AT 20.10/1425 UT AND WAS OBSERVED 20.10 ONLY. THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT OF VERY HIGH LEVEL IS NOT EXPECTED. GEOMAGNETIC CONDITION WAS UNSETTLED AND QUITE. NEXT WEEK THE GEOMAGNETIC CONDITION IS EXPECTED 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