Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 07 - 13.12.2020, Forecast on 14 - 21.12.2020, Carrington Rotation 2238(25,94.12.2020) Earth out of ecliptic (1.3 - 0.8) deg. (S30 - N30 is zone of geoeffectiveness) THE SUNSPOT-FORMING SOLAR ACTIVITY REMAINED ON LOW LEVEL. ES- TIMATED, MOST LIKELY WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF THE SUNSPOT NUM- BER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM (old) FOR PERIOD W = 10+11/-4 (Wn= 17+18/-6). ON THE VISIBLE DISK OF THE SUN TWO SMALL SUN- SPOT GROUPS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. NEXT WEEK THE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY WAS LOW AND VERY LOW LE- VELS. WITH HIGH PROBABILITY AFTER 15.12, THE VISIBLE DISC OF THE SUN WILL BE SPOTLESS. 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 MIDDLE, LOW AND VERY LOW LEVELS. 1 SOLAR FLARE OF LOW X-RAY CLASS "C", 47 -CLASS "B", ONE SOLAR FILAMENT EJECTA (in structure of flare C7.4) AND 8 CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS (7. 9, 11, 12, 13.12) HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. ------------------------------------------------------------------- FLARES >M1 X-RAY CLASSES to tm te local. Class E(1-8A) AR RII/IV CME X-ray/Ïp J/m-2 07.12 1546 1632 1715 S25W08L253 C7.4 ? 12790 DSF II CME/1636 DSF to te localization l deg. Fl AR CME/to -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEEK THE FLARE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AT VERY LOW AND 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 Sp/craft * - 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM 08.12/11 UT, THE EARTH IS IN THE "-" SECTOR OF THE INTERPLANETA- RY MAGNETIC FIELD. THE FOLLOWING THE NEXT SECTOR BOUNDARY "-/+" IT CAN BE EXPECT 15.12. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DECEMBER 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 DECEMBER Wus 035 011 011 011 011 024 014 F10.7 090 082 082 082 083 082 081 èbcg ÷2.1 ÷6.9 á4.0 á5.1 á6.7 á6.9 á6.6 GOES Sp 060 070 050 080 060 030 010 msh N 1 IMF + +/- - - - - - DSCOVR Å>2 1.7E+7 1.4å+7 7.9E+6 3.2E+6 3.2E+6 6.1E+6 5.0å+6 GOES Ie>2 664 496 558 182 203 286 320 pfu Ap 3 5 7 8 7 4 5 nô Dst nô KIOTO Amsc 2 4 8 7 8 4 5 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 ORBIT IS NOT EXPECTED. ALL DAYS THERE ARE UNSETTLED AND QUITE GEOMAGNETIC CONDITION HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. NEXT WEEK THE MOST PROBABLY QUIET AND UNSETTLED GEOMAGNETIC CON- DITION WILL BE 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