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THE RELATIVE MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER ON AUGUST 2016 HAS MADE 
                           Waug. = 30.4,  50.7 (н.) 
THAT GIVES FOR 85 MONTHS (2016, FEBRUARY) DEVELOPMENT CURRENT 24 
CYCLE OF SOLAR ACTIVITY THE SMOOTHED MONTHLY MEAN SUNSPOT NUMBER 
              W*feb. = 31.6;   52.6 - in new system

- On July 1, 2015 Centre in Brussels moved to a new system of cal-
culation the relative number of sunspots and practically all of the 
values were replaced throughout the numbered series of Wolf numbers 
(see link). While there is addictive, I recalculated (0.6) to the 
old system, but only W*, and present below the new values for the 
minimum and maximum of 24 cycles SA. 

THE BEGINNING OF 24 SOLAR CYCLE     -     I 2009  with W*=1.8; (2.2)  
THE TIME OF THE CURRENT CYCLE MAXIMUM - IV 2014, - Wmax = 82;(116.4)
THE END OF 24 SOLAR CYCLE (THE POINT OF MINIMUM) -  IV - VI 2020;

THE INTERNATIONAL DAILY VALUE OF RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBER FOR 2016, 
AUGUST ACCORDING DATA OF 74 SOLAR OBSERVATORIES HAS MADE:

 1.. 12    6.. 39   11.. 79   16.. 81   21.. 14   26.. 51   31.. 80
 2.. 12    7.. 53   12.. 73   17.. 58   22.. 30   27.. 59
 3..  0m   8.. 81M  13.. 58   18.. 49   23.. 48   28.. 64
 4.. 16    9.. 73   14.. 59   19.. 47   24.. 49   29.. 69
 5.. 38   10.. 77   15.. 64   20.. 17   25.. 48   30.. 73
 
THE MONTHLY MEAN OF OBSERVED RADIO FLUX OF THE 10 cm (2800 MHz ON 
2016, AUGUST, AND SMOOTHES ON 2016, FEBRUARY
                 F10.7 aug. = 85.0        F*10.7 feb.= 98.1 

THE MONTHLY MEAN OF GEOMAGNETIC Ap-index ON 2016, AUGUST, AND 
SMOOTHES ON 2016, FEBRUARY
                 Ap aug. = 9.4            Ap* feb.= 12.0 
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      Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
               Highlights on 22 - 28.08 2016,
                Forecast on 29.08 - 05.09.2016,
            Carrington Rotation 2181 (26.89.08.2016)
  
 SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY OF THE SUN REMAINED ON THE MIDDLE LEVEL. 
THE ESTIMATED,  MOST LIKELY WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF  THE RELATIVE 
SUNSPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM  (old)  FOR THE PERIOD 
IS W = 039+16/-11 (Wн=062+25/-20). ON THE VISIBLE DISK OF THE SUN 
5- 3 SUNSPOT GROUP ONE OF WHICH WAS BIG SIZE(AR12585, N08L221, Sp
=590 msh). 

NEXT WEEK IT IS EXPECTED THE MIDDLE AND THE LOW LEVEL. THE ESTI-
MATED,  MOST LIKELY WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF THE RELATIVE SUNSPOT 
NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM (old) FOR THE NEXT WEEK IS W= 
020+10/-10. 

 FLARE ACTIVITY WAS AT THE VERY LOW LEVEL BUT 30 - 31.08 - THE LOW. 
THERE WERE FIVE SOLAR FILAMENT EJECTION OCCURRENCES THROUGH THE PE-
RIOD,  ONE 29.08/1947 UT WAS GEOEFFICIENT AND STRENGTHENED THE MAG-
NETIC STORM 1 - 2.09. ACCORDING TO THE SOHO AND STEREO CORONOGRAPHS 
DATA > 15 CMEs, HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.

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FLARES   to   tm   te   local.     Class   E(1-8A)  AR   RII/IV   CME
                                  X-ray/оp  J/m-2
DSF     to        te    координаты  l в град. Fl     AО   CME/to
29.08 >0102  >1330   N12W47L019     22                 СМЕ/0224
29.08  1947   2141   N25W34L006      6 
03.09  0703   0822   N18E27L237      7  
03.09 >1614  >0544   N10W35L300      7 
04.09     0300       N13W40L292      4            

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NEXT WEEK FLARE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AT VERY LOW AND LOW LEVELS. 

ON THE VISIBLE SOLAR DISK THE FOLLOWING CORONAL HOLES WERE OBSERVED:
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  sign   N end   E end   S end  W end    Sch   EE   R G  Space Obser.
CH  +     Pn   N30L230 N15L304 N23L330 385700 01.09 6 G1 SDO, SOHO..
CH  +  S10L297 S20L272 S28L277 S12L302  27900 03.09 5 G0 SDO, SOHO..
Sch - CH Square in Mm**2 (in square megameters) near the central meri-
dian on http://sdowww.lmsal.com/suntoday/; n/d - no data;
R - solar rotations; EE-date of possible geomag. disturbance in the 
Earth's environment. G(0-5)-geoeffectivity in last solar rotation on
the middle latitudes. A-active geomagnetic condition.
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FROM 29.08/1000 UT THE EARTH IS IN "+" SECTOR OF THE INTERPLANETARY 
MAGNETIC FIELD. THE FOLLOWING SECTOR BOUNDARY -/+ THE EARTH  HAS TO 
PASS 7.09.

AUGUST   29     30     31     01     02     03     04     SEPTEMBER
Wus     067    064    091    066    050    046    059      
F10.7   088    100    098    095    095    099    097 
Хbcg   B2.7   B5.0   B4.2   B3.0   B3.4   B2.1   B1.9      GOES
Sp      350    290    575    730    620    690    560  msh   
N                      2      1                    1
IMF     -/+      +      +     +      +      +      +        АСЕ   
е>2  6.0Е+7 1.6Е+6 2.1Е+6 8.6Е+5 1.8E+8 5.0E+8 1.1Е+9       GOES
Ie>2   1946    154                11398  22115  40294  pfu  GOES 
Ap       6      17     8      32     41     39     33  nT   BOULDER 
Dst                                                    nТ   KIOTO 
Amsc     12     25     9      22     28     -      24  nT   IZMIRAN 
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е>2 - Daily Electron Fluency e/(cm2-ster-day) with E>2 MeV.
Ie>2 - the maximum intensity of electron flux in geostationary or-
bits in days according to GOES15 in (electrons/cm2.s.sr) for events
> 1000 pfu.

THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT WAS BE-
GINING 02/1305 UT AND OBSERVED 02 - 04.09. 

THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT OF VERY 
HIGH LEVEL IS EXPECTED 5 - 12.09.

 GEOMAGNETIC CONDITION CHANGED FROM UNSETTLED TO ACTIVE. MODERATE MAG-
NETIC STORM (G2, Ams=46, dur.= 30 h.) ACCORDING TO THE CENTER IN BOUL-
DER DATA AND (G1, Ams= 43, dur.= 12 h.) ACCORDING TO IZMIRAN DATA, IT 
IS REGISTERED 1 -2.09 AS RESULT BY THE EARTH PASSING OF THE SOLAR WIND 
HIGH-SPEED STREAM  FROM  ENORMOUS NOTHERN POLAR CORONAL HOLE ("+") AND 
ARRIVAL OF DISTURBANCE (ICME) FROM LARGE FILAMENT EJECTA 29.08. THE SE-
COND, MORE LONG-LIVED MAGNETIC STORM (G2, Ams= XX, dur=>66 h.) ACCORD-
ING TO THE CENTER IN BOULDER DATA AND (G1, Ams = XX, dur. =>66 h.) BY 
IZMIRAN DATA IS REGISTERED 2-4.09 (be continued) AS RESULT OF PASSING 
OF SOLAR WIND HIGH-SPEED STREAM  BY THE EARTH  FROM CORONAL HOLE ("+") 
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE OF THE SUN.

 NEXT WEEK 5 - 6.09 INFLUENCE OF HIGH-SPEED STREAMS OF THE SOLAR WIND 
FROM CORONAL HOLES WILL CONTINUE AND THE ACTIVE GEOMAGNETIC CONDITION 
WILL PROCEED, THEN UNSETTLED AND QUIET GEOMAGNETIC CONDITION IS EXPEC-
TED.

HIGHLIGHT AND FORECAST COMPOSED FROM DATA:
NOAA SWPC, BOULDER, USA               http://www.swpc.noaa.gov,
THE SOLAR INFLUENCES DATA ANALYSIS CENTRE, 
SIDC, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM               http://sidc.oma.be/index.php3, 
THE IZMIRAN, MOSCOW, TROITSK, RUSSIA  http://www.izmiran.ru