*********************************************************************** Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity Issued: 2018 April 12 06:05UTC Prepared by the Athens Space Weather Forecasting Center *********************************************************************** 1. Solar activity Solar activity was almost stable during the past 24 hours. Solar Flux (10.7 cm) measured on 11.04.2018 at 20:00 UTC was 68 sfu. The background X-Ray flux is at the class A2 level. The geomagnetic field was at quiet to minor storm levels on April 11. No obviously Earth directed CMEs were observed in available LASCO imagery. The Kp index now is at almost quiet levels with Kp=2. 2. Solar Wind Geomagnetic Activity Solar Wind speed from ACE: 530 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO A: 550 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO B: --- km/s. The southward component Bz is: 4 nT north. 3. Solar Energetic Particle Events Protons and electrons are quiet. 4. Coronal Holes A new equtorial coronal hole (CH860) will be in Earth facing position on April 06-10. A high speed stream of solar wind reached Earth on the second half of April 09 as it was predicted. 5. Geophysical Activity Forecast The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to active levels on April 12-14 due to CH860 effects. Date Estimated Ap index Expected geom. storm 2018.04.12 12 - 2018.04.13 10 - 2018.04.14 08 - *************************************************************************** Athens Space Weather Forecasting Center Physics Department, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Neutron Monitor Station A.NE.MO.S Tel.: +30 210 727 6901 email: spaceweather@phys.uoa.gr URL: http://spaceweather.phys.uoa.gr ***************************************************************************