*********************************************************************** Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity Issued: 2019 February 17 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 16.02.2019 at 20:00 UTC was 71 sfu. The background X-Ray flux is at the class < A1 level. The geomagnetic field was at very quiet levels on February 16. No obviously Earth directed CMEs were observed in available LASCO imagery. The Kp index now is at very quiet levels with Kp=0. 2. Solar Wind Geomagnetic Activity Solar Wind speed from ACE: 365 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO A: 330 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO B: --- km/s. The southward component Bz is: 2 nT north. 3. Solar Energetic Particle Events Protons and electrons are quiet. 4. Coronal Holes A new equatorial coronal hole (CH908) will be in Earth facing position on February 15-16. 5. Geophysical Activity Forecast The geomagnetic field is expected to be at very quiet levels on February 17-18 and at quiet to active levels due to CH908 effects. Date Estimated Ap index Expected geom. storm 2019.02.17 02 - 2019.02.18 01 - 2019.02.19 10 - *************************************************************************** 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 ***************************************************************************