NASA's solar image of new Active Region AR2727 shows increased size, but a steady number of sunspots.
Click this link for the latest image: https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/la ... _HMIIF.jpg
The GOES X-ray flux shows slightly decreased solar activity, which is now down to A2.0.
However, Belgium warns that there is a 10% chance of C-flaring within the next 24 hours.
See: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-x-ray-flux
Here is the Royal Observatory of Belgium's daily comment:
COMMENT: There were no flares on the visible solar disc of the Sun in the
past 24 hours. The chance for a C flare in the next 24 hours is estimated
at 10%.No Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) were observed in available
coronagraphic imagery.The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at nominal levels in the past 24
hours, and is expected to stay at nominal levels in the next 24 hours.In the past 24 hours, solar wind speed near Earth as registered by DSCOVR
varied between about 315 and 365 km/s, with current values around 330 km/s.
The Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) was predominantly directed towards
the Sun and its magnitude varied between about 0 and 6 nT. Bz was never
below -5 nT.Quiet geomagnetic conditions (K Dourbes between 0 and 2; NOAA Kp between 0
and 1) were registered in the past 24 hours. Quiet to unsettled conditions
(K Dourbes < 4) are expected on November 17, 18 and 19.
TODAY'S ESTIMATED ISN : 016, BASED ON 18 STATIONS.
Take a look at this glorious shot from the Southern Hemisphere:
SOUTHERN LIGHTS: Last weekend, Nov. 10th, a stream of fast-moving solar wind hit Earth's magnetic field, igniting a ring of auroras around the South Pole. Minoru Yoneto saw the red-purple glow all the way from Queenstown, New Zealand: