| During the last week, solar activity was moderate on 16 Oct and 19 Oct, low for the rest of time. Five active sunspot regions (AR4551, AR4555, AR4557, AR4559-AR4560) were on the visible disk with 2 M-class flares produced. No Solar Proton Event occurred. The F10.7 index fluctuated between 106 sfu and 137 sfu. The geomagnetic field reached active levels for 3 hours. Due to the effects of the recurrent coronal hole high speed stream, the solar wind speed reached a peak of about 520 km/s and the geomagnetic field reached minor storm levels for 3 hours and active levels for 21 hours on 21-22 Oct. It was quiet to unsettled for the rest of time. |