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Solar wind speed: 371.2 km/sec density: 1.3 protons/cm3 explanation | more data Updated: Today at 0005 UT X-ray Solar Flares 6-hr max: B8 2036 UT Feb12 24-hr: C2 1506 UT Feb12 explanation | more data Updated: Today at: 2359 UT Daily Sun: 12 Feb 11 Three new sunspots are emerging on the visible disk of the sun. The biggest, AR1158, poses a threat for Earth-directed C-flares. Credit: SDO/HMI Sunspot number: 54 What is the sunspot number? Updated 11 Feb 2011 Spotless Days Current Stretch: 0 days 2011 total: 1 day (3%) 2010 total: 51 days (14%) 2009 total: 260 days (71%) Since 2004: 820 days Typical Solar Min: 486 days Updated 11 Feb 2011 The Radio Sun 10.7 cm flux: 91 sfu explanation | more data Updated 11 Feb 2011 Current Auroral Oval: Switch to: Europe, USA, New Zealand, Antarctica Credit: NOAA/POES Planetary K-index Now: Kp= 0 quiet 24-hr max: Kp= 2 quiet explanation | more data Interplanetary Mag. Field Btotal: 3.5 nT Bz: 0.7 nT south explanation | more data Updated: Today at 0006 UT Coronal Holes: 12 Feb 11 Solar wind flowing from the indicated coronal holes could brush past Earth's magnetic field between Feb. 13th and 15th. Credit: SDO/AIA. SPACE WEATHER NOAA Forecasts Updated at: 2011 Feb 12 2200 UTC FLARE 0-24 hr 24-48 hr CLASS M 20 % 20 % CLASS X 01 % 01 % Geomagnetic Storms: Probabilities for significant disturbances in Earth's magnetic field are given for three activity levels: active, minor storm, severe storm Updated at: 2011 Feb 12 2200 UTC Mid-latitudes 0-24 hr 24-48 hr ACTIVE 20 % 20 % MINOR 01 % 01 % SEVERE 01 % 01 % High latitudes 0-24 hr 24-48 hr ACTIVE 20 % 20 % MINOR 01 % 01 % SEVERE 01 % 01 %