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Solar wind
speed: 540.5 km/sec
density: 1.0 protons/cm3
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at 1436 UT 
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X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: C1  1127 UT Feb20 
24-hr: C4  0509 UT  Feb20 
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at: 1400 UT 
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Daily Sun: 20 Feb 12
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New sunspot AR1422 is rapidly growing rapidly and could soon pose a threat for M-class solar flares. Credit: SDO/HMI
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Sunspot number: 69 
What is the sunspot number?
Updated 19 Feb 2012
Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 0 days
2012 total: 0 days (0%)
2011 total: 2 days (<1%)
2010 total: 51 days (14%)
2009 total: 260 days (71%)
Since 2004: 821 days
Typical Solar Min: 486 days
Updated 19 Feb 2012
The Radio Sun
10.7 cm flux: 105 sfu
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Updated 19 Feb 2012
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Current Auroral Oval:
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Switch to: Europe, USA, New Zealand, Antarctica
Credit: NOAA/POES
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Planetary K-index
Now: Kp= 3  quiet
24-hr max: Kp= 4  unsettled
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Interplanetary Mag. Field
Btotal: 3.7 nT
Bz: 2.0 nT north 
explanation | more data
Updated: Today at 1437 UT 
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Coronal Holes: 19 Feb 12
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Earth is inside a solar wind stream flowing from the indicated coronal hole. Credit: SDO/AIA.
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| SPACE WEATHER NOAA Forecasts |  | 
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Updated at: 2012 Feb 19 2200 UTC
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| FLARE | 0-24 hr | 24-48 hr | 
| CLASS M | 10 % | 10 % | 
| CLASS X | 01 % | 01 % | 
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Geomagnetic Storms:
Probabilities for significant disturbances in Earth's magnetic field are given for three activity levels: active, minor storm, severe storm
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Updated at: 2012 Feb 19 2200 UTC



