Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 13 - 19.04.2020, Forecast on 20 - 27.04.2020, Carrington Rotations 2229, 2230 (28,37.03; 24,65.04.2020) Earth out of ecliptic (-5.7 - -5.4) deg. (S35 - N20 is zone of geoeffectiveness) THE SUNSPOT-FORMING SOLAR ACTIVITY REMAINED VERY LOW. SPOT- LESS VISIBLE DISK HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ALL PERIOD (85 SPOTLESS DAYS IN THE 2020). ESTIMATED, MOST LIKELY WEEKLY AVERAGE VA- LUE OF THE RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYS- TEM (old) FOR PERIOD W = 0 (Wn= 0). NEXT WEEK THE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY WAS ON VERY LOW LEVEL. LIKELY WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF THE RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM (old) FOR NEXT WEEK IS W=010+10/-10. FLARE ACTIVITY WAS AT THE VERY LOW LEVEL, BUT 2 SOLAR FLARE OF A CLASSES (18, 19.04) AND THREE CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (13 - 16.04) WAS OBSERVED OF THE PERIOD. ------------------------------------------------------------------- FLARES >M1 X-RAY CLASSES to tm te local. Class E(1-8A) AR RII/IV CME X-ray/Ïp J/m-2 DSF to te localization l × ÇÒÁÄ. Fl AR CME/to -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEEK THE FLARE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AT VERY LOW LEVEL. ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK THE FOLLOWING CORONAL HOLES WERE OBSERVED: --------------------------------------------------------------------- sign N end E end S end W end Sch EE R G Spacecraft * - low geoeffectivity, the substorms with duration <6 h. only. Sch - CH area in % solar hemisphere near the central meridian on https://www.solarmonitor.org/; n/d - no data; R - solar rotations; EE-date of possible geomagnetic disturbance in the Earth's environment. G(0-5)-geoeffectivity in last solar rotation on the middle latitudes. A-active geomagnetic condition. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER 12.03/20 UT THE IMF SECTOR SIGN WAS "-". NEXT WEEK THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SECTOR STRUCTURE SIGN WILL NOT CHANGE. THE REAL PROVISION OF THE NEXT SECTOR BOUNDARY IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE, MAY BE BECAUSE OF THE CON- DITIONS OF A DEEP MINIMUM (TOPIC FOR STUDY!!!). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- áðòåìø 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 áðòåìø Wus 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 F10.7 070 069 068 069 068 070 069 èbcg >A1.0 2 1.7E+6 1.7å+6 1.2E+6 1.4E+6 1.6E+6 1.4E+6 1.7å+6 GOES Ie>2 158 168 208 193 194 134 160 pfu Ap 5 8 7 5 4 4 2 nô Dst nô KIOTO Amsc 6 6 6 5 4 3 2 nô IZMIRAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Å>2 - Daily Electron Fluency e/(cm2-ster-day) with E>2 MeV. Ie>2 - the maximum intensity of electron flux in geostationary or- bits 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 NOT OBSERVED. NEXT WEEK THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS OR- BIT IS NOT EXPECTED. THE GEOMAGNETIC CONDITION REMAINED QUITE AND UNSETTLED. NEXT WEEK THE MOST PROBABLY QUIET AND UNSETTLED GEOMAGNETIC CONDI- TION WILL OBSERVED. 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 V. Ishkov