Weekly Bulletin on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
                 Highlights on 08 - 14.05.2017,
                 Forecast on 15 - 22.05.2017,
          Carrington Rotation 2190 (29,63.04.2017)
           Earth above the ecliptic (-3.3, -2,6) deg. 
               (S34 - N26 is geoeffectiveness zone)

 SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY WAS ON VERY LOW LEVEL ALL DAYS AND 9-14.05
WERE SPOTLESS DAYS (36 DAYS ON CURRENT YEAR). THE ESTIMATED, MOST LI-
KELY  WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF THE RELATIVE SUNSPOT NUMBER  IN THE IN-
TERNATIONAL SYSTEM (old) FOR THE PERIOD IS W=7+0/-7 (Wn=11+0/-11). ON 
THE VISIBLE DISC OF THE SUN  ONE SMALL QUITE SUNSPOT GROUP  HAVE BEEN 
OBSERVED. 

NEXT WEEK SUNSPOT-FORMING ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AT THE VERY LOW LEVEL.  
THE ESTIMATED, MOST LIKELY WEEKLY AVERAGE VALUE OF THE RELATIVE SUN-
SPOT NUMBER IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM (old) FOR THE NEXT WEEK IS W
=20+10/-20.

FLARE ACTIVITY WAS AT THE VERY LOW LEVEL ALL DAYS. 1 SOLAR FILAMENT 
EJECTION OCCURRENCES THROUGH THE PERIOD.  ACCORDING TO THE SOHO AND 
STEREO CORONOGRAPHS DATA >2 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
09.05  0323   0443    S41W55L285        12 
14/05     1300        S60E10L153        ?                  CME/1712
14.05  1840   2043    N10W40L203        14 
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NEXT WEEK FLARE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AT VERY 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  +  N45L239 N38L224  N28L236 N40L246       12.05   1     SDO, SOHO...
CH  -  N02L252 S06L232  N25L249 S05L254       11.05   1     SDO, SOHO...
CH  +  N17L185 N00L175  S20L195 N10L197       15.05   1 G1  SDO, SOHO...
CH  +  S22L178 S35L169  S41L175 S32L190       16.05   1 G1  SDO, SOHO...
CH  +  N35L160 N30L148  N10L171 N12L173       17.05   1 G1  SDO, SOHO...
The last 3 may have one CH;
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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AFTER 4.05/0224 UT THE EARTH IS IN "-" SECTOR OF THE INTERPLANETARY MAG-
NETIC FIELD. THE FOLLOWING SECTOR BOUNDARY -/+  THE EARTH HAS EXPECTED 
TO PASS 15.05.

МАY      08     09     10     11     12     13     14     МАY
Wus     011    000    000    000    000    000    000     
F10.7   071    069    069    069    069    070    071   
Хbcg   A3.6   А3.5   А3.4   А3.5   А3.9   А4.2   А4.1     GOES
Sp      020    000    000    000    000    000    000 msh   
N                                                     
IMF      -      -      ~     -       -      -      -      DSCOVR   
е>2  8.3Е+6 9.3Е+6 1.9E+7 1.0E+7 2.0Е+7 3.1Е+7 8.0Е+6     GOES
Ie>2    265    249    513    315    467    642   429  pfu 
Ap       6      5      5      6      6      4     10   nТ BOULDER 
Dst                                                    nТ KIOTO 
Amsc     7      7      6      7      9      4      9   nТ 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 NOT 
OBSERVED.

THE GREATER THAN 2 MeV ELECTRON FLUX AT GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT OF VERY 
HIGH LEVEL IS EXPECTED 16 - 22.05.

GEOMAGNETIC CONDITION WAS UNSETTLED AND QUITE. 

 ON THE NEXT WEEK FROM 16.05 THE EARTH WILL PASS A HIGH-SPEED SOLAR 
WIND STREAM FROM TRANS-EQUATORIAL CORONAL HOLE "+" POLARITY THAT GI-
VES THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A RECURRENT MAGNETIC STORM (PROBA-
BILITY AT LEAST 60%). ON THE OTHER DAYS THE QUIET AND UNSETTLED GEO-
MAGNETIC CONDITION TO BE EXPECTED.

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
                                                          V. Ishkov