*********************************************************************** Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity Issued: 2018 July 06 05:23UTC Prepared by the Athens Space Weather Forecasting Center *********************************************************************** 1. Solar activity Solar activity was increasing during the past 24 hours. Solar Flux (10.7 cm) measured on 05.07.2018 at 20:00 UTC was 68 sfu. The background X-Ray flux is at the class A1 level. The geomagnetic field was at quiet to minor storm levels on July 5. No obviously Earth directed CMEs were observed in available LASCO imagery. The Kp index now is at unsettled quiet levels with Kp=3. 2. Solar Wind Geomagnetic Activity Solar Wind speed from ACE: 430 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO A: 320 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 No obvious coronal holes are currently in the visible solar disk. 5. Geophysical Activity Forecast The geomagnetic field is expected to be at unsettled to active levels on July 6 and at quiet to unsettled levels on July 7-8. Date Estimated Ap index Expected geom. storm 2018.07.06 11 - 2018.07.07 09 - 2018.07.08 07 - *************************************************************************** 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 ***************************************************************************