Space Weather

August 6 – 13

•  10 C class x-ray flares •  1 M class flare •  23 Optical Flares •  5 Active Regions •  1 Earth directed CME •  2 Radio Bursts

Activity - Stronger

Much more activity later half of week as regions

11817 and 11818 moved in

X-Ray Flares

Earth Directed CME

M1.5

C8.4

Earth’s Position- Felt Effects of CH HSS

WSA Connectivity Map Aug. 6 WSA Connectivity Map Aug. 13

CME August 7 at 18:12 Velocity 299 km/s

ETA 08/11/13

WSA – ENLIL Density Prediction

WSA - ENLIL Velocity Prediction

WSA – ENLIL Dynamic Pressure Prediction

No Strong ACE Result (Yet)

ACE Plasma Data

Bulk Proton Speed

Ion Temperature

Proton Density

ACE Magnetic Field Data

Magnetic Field Components X Y Z

Latitude Longitude

Magnetic Field B Total Vector

GOES Proton / Electron Flux and Kp Nothing Major L

GOES Proton Flux

GOES Electron Flux

Predicted and Observed Kp

Aurora photo taken by Adrian Broomfield Friday August 9th, 2013

East of Elk Island National Park, Alberta, Canada

Thank you!