Very low solar activity continued and the visible disk was spotless. A small filament disappeared from the solar disk near S40E04 between 13/0000 and 13/1400 UTC. No LASCO coronagraph imagery is available after 13/0700 UTC, due to routine tracking gaps, so a determination for a possible Earth directed CME is not possible at this time. More analysis will be completed when imagery becomes available. No other Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph imagery.
There are no planets in retrograde!
The Solar System at a Glance
Solar wind parameters were indicative of a return to a slow solar wind pattern. Total IMF strength weakened as it decreased from 5 nT to end of period values of 2 to 4 nT. The Bz component underwent only weak deviations. Solar wind speed decreased to ~350 km/s. The phi angle was variable.
There is a 10% chance of solar activity, with a 1% chance of a minor event, a 1% chance of a moderate event, and a 1% chance of a strong event.
