Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity Highlights on 22 - 28.08.2011, Forecast on 29.08 - 04.09.2011, Carrington Rotation 2113, 2114 (30,22.07, 26,45.08.2011) SOLAR SUNSPOT ACTIVITY OF THE SUN OF THE LAST PERIOD KEPT AT THE CONFIDENT AVERAGE LEVEL. ESTIMATED, RATING, WEEKLY AVERAGE OF SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE PERIOD WAS MADE W=047+11/-9. ON THE VISIBLE DISK OF THE SUN CONSTANTLY THERE ARE FROM 4 TO 8 SUNSPOT GROUPS, ALL SMALL. NEXT WEEK THE LEVEL OF SUNSPOT ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE AVERAGE. THE CALCULATED MOST LIKELY WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT PERIOD W=050+10/-10. FLARE ACTIVITY WAS ON A LOW LEVEL 22, 24 AND 26, IN OTHER DAYS AT VERY LOW LEVEL. SOHO CORONOGRAPH HAVE REGISTRED 46 CME FROM WHICH 2 WERE TYPE PARTIAL HALO II (AUGUST, 24, 25th). --------------------------------------------------------------------- to tm te localization Class å(1-8A) áR RII/IV CME X-ray opt. J/m-2 to te central part localization l × ÇÒÁÄ. Fl AR CME --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEEK FLARE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ON LOW AND VERY LOW LEVELS. ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK DURING THE LAST WEEK THE FOLLOWING CORONAL HOLES WERE OBSERVED : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- sign N end å end S end W end EE R Observatories CH - N20L062 N11L060 N00L076 N08L080 23.08 1 KP,SDO,SOHO... R - solar rotations; KP - KITT PEAK solar observatory; EE - date of possible geomagnetic disturbation in the Earth's environment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER 10.08/1730 UT THE EARTH IS IN - SECTOR OF THE INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD. THE FOLLOWING SECTOR BOOUNDERY - /+ THE EARTH SHOULD PASS ON 02.09. AUGUST 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AUGUST Wus 082 081 075 097 076 063 073 F10.7 108 104 104 104 105 104 101 èbcg B2.5 B2.4 B2.5 B2.9 B2.7 B2.5 ÷2.2 GOES Sp 380 370 220 340 330 310 200 Nnew 1 3 1 IMF - - - - - - - ACE Å>2 1.3å+7 5.2å+6 3.6å+6 5.9å+6 5.8E+6 4.6å+6 1.4å+6 GOES Nm% THULE Ap 7 9 6 4 3 4 6 áÒ Dst KIOTO Amsc 18 18 19 19 19 17 18 IZMIRAN Data of IZMIRAN is possibly overestimated. ----------------------------------------------------------------- THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT VERY HIGH LEVEL OF FLUX WAS NOT OBSERVED. NEXT WEEK THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT HIGH LEVEL IS NOT EXPECTED. ALL PERIOD GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS WERE UNSETTLED AND QUIET. NEXT WEEK IT IS MOST PROBABLE QUIET AND UNSETTLED GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS. HIGHLIGHT AND FORECAST COMPOSED FROM DATA OF NOAA SEC http://www.sec.noaa.gov , OF THE SOLAR INFLUENCES DATA ANALYSIS CENTER – SIDC, BELGIUM http://sidc.oma.be/index.php3 , OF THE IZMIRAN, RUSSIA http://www.izmiran.ru WDC STP MOSCOW