*********************************************************************** Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity Issued: 2018 October 03 06:18UTC Prepared by the Athens Space Weather Forecasting Center *********************************************************************** 1. Solar activity Solar activity was decreasing stable during the past 24 hours. Solar Flux (10.7 cm) measured on 02.10.2018 at 20:00 UTC was 67 sfu. The background X-Ray flux is at the class A2 level. The geomagnetic field was at very quiet to active levels on October 2. No obviously Earth directed CMEs were observed in available LASCO imagery. The Kp index now is at quiet levels with Kp=1. 2. Solar Wind Geomagnetic Activity Solar Wind speed from ACE: 420 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO A: --- km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO B: --- km/s. The southward component Bz is: 1 nT south. 3. Solar Energetic Particle Events Protons and electrons are quiet. 4. Coronal Holes A coronal hole (CH887) was in Earth facing position on September 30 - October 1. A new coronal hole (CH888) will be in Earth facing position on October 3-4. 5. Geophysical Activity Forecast The geomagnetic field is expected to be at very quiet levels, with a chance for unsettled intervals, on October 3-4 and at very quiet levels on October 5. Date Estimated Ap index Expected geom. storm 2018.10.03 03 - 2018.10.04 03 - 2018.10.05 02 - *************************************************************************** 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 ***************************************************************************