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Solar wind speed: 337.1 km/sec density: 1.5 protons/cm3 explanation | more data Updated: Today at 0857 UT X-ray Solar Flares 6-hr max: C2 0422 UT Oct25 24-hr: C2 0422 UT Oct25 explanation | more data Updated: Today at: 0900 UT Daily Sun: 25 Oct 12 Sunspot 1598 poses a threat for M- and X-class solar flares. Credit: SDO/HMI Sunspot number: 78 What is the sunspot number? Updated 25 Oct 2012 Spotless Days Current Stretch: 0 days 2012 total: 0 days (0%) 2011 total: 2 days (<1 br="br"> 2010 total: 51 days (14%) 2009 total: 260 days (71%) Since 2004: 821 days Typical Solar Min: 486 days Update 25 Oct 2012 The Radio Sun 10.7 cm flux: 136 sfu explanation | more data Updated 25 Oct 2012 Current Auroral Oval: Switch to: Europe, USA, New Zealand, Antarctica Credit: NOAA/POES Planetary K-index Now: Kp= 1 quiet 24-hr max: Kp= 1 quiet explanation | more data Interplanetary Mag. Field Btotal: 3.7 nT Bz: 1.4 nT south explanation | more data Updated: Today at 0857 UT Coronal Holes: 25 Oct 12 There are no large coronal holes on the Earthside of the sun. Credit: SDO/AIA. SPACE WEATHER NOAA Forecasts Updated at: 2012 Oct 24 2200 UTC FLARE 0-24 hr 24-48 hr CLASS M 60 % 60 % CLASS X 10 % 10 % Geomagnetic Storms: Probabilities for significant disturbances in Earth's magnetic field are given for three activity levels: active, minor storm, severe storm Updated at: 2012 Oct 24 2200 UTC Mid-latitudes 0-24 hr 24-48 hr ACTIVE 05 % 05 % MINOR 01 % 01 % SEVERE 01 % 01 % High latitudes 0-24 hr 24-48 hr ACTIVE 15 % 15 % MINOR 10 % 10 % SEVERE 05 % 05 %

Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 What's up in space   Listen to radar echoes from satellites and meteors, live on listener-supported Space Weather Radio.   CHANCE OF FLARES: NOAA forecasters estimate a 60% chance of M-class solar flares and a 10% chance of X-flares during the next 24 hours. The most likely source of any eruption is big sunspot AR1598. Solar flare alerts: text, voice. MAGNETIC FROTH: Sunspot AR1598 has quieted down since unleashing an X1-class solar flare on Oct. 23rd. It might be the calm before the storm. The sunspot is still large and apparently potent, as shown in this image captured by amateur astronomer Sergio Castillo of Inglewood,California: Castillo used a telescope capped with a "Calcium K" filter tuned to the light of ionized calcium atoms in the sun's lower atmosphere. Calcium K filters highlight the bright magnetic froth that sometimes forms around a sunspot's dark core. AR1598 is very frothy indeed. Magnetic froth does not necessarily herald an explosion, but it does guarantee a photogenic sunspot. Scan the gallery for the latest images: Realtime Space Weather Photo Gallery ARCTIC AURORAS: On the North Slope of Alaska, the Beaufort Sea is beginning to freeze as northern winer approaches. Last night, Northern Lights illuminated the phase change: "I finally caught some auroras over the hardening sea," says photographer Greg Syverson. "This was a 3 second exposure taken with my Canon 5D digital camera set at 3200asa."