Solar Report - July 9th, 2016
Earth is seeing a bit of the Positive Northern Coronal Hole today.
- Expect SSBC
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Solar Wind (24 hr Summary)
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Solar wind parameters reflected the continued influence of a positive polarity CH HSS. Solar wind speed increased from around 480 km/s to an average speed approaching 660 km/s. Total field ranged from 2 nT to 10 nT while the Bz component varied between -8 nT to +7 nT. Phi angle was oriented in a predominately positive sector with some negative sector variability observed between 08/1930 UTC - 09/0330 UTC.
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Forecast
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Solar wind parameters are expected to remain enhanced through day one (09 Jul) under a polar connected, positive polarity, CH HSS. Solar wind speeds in the 500-600 km/s range are expected through the remainder of 09 Jul followed by a slow recovery through day two (10 Jul). By mid to late on day three (11 Jul), another positive polarity CH HSS is expected to move into a geoeffective position resulting in an additional enhancement to solar wind parameters. Solar wind speeds in the 550-650 km/s range is expected with the secondary enhancement.
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