[SFDXA] New SUNSPOT Alert: Solar

[Bill]

*NEW SUNSPOT ALERT:* A new sunspot is emerging over the sun's eastern 
limb, right here 
<https://spaceweather.com/images2020/17nov20/righthere.jpg>. It is about 
the size of Earth, making it an easy target for backyard solar 
telescopes. Provisionally numbered AR2783, the sunspot's magnetic field 
appears to be uncomplicated and stable; as a result, it does not pose a 
threat for strong solar flares. *Solar flare alerts:*SMS Text 
<https://spaceweatheralerts.com/>

https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=17&month=11&year=2020

*Solar wind*
speed: *280.2 *km/sec
density: *8.7 *protons/cm^3
more data: ACE 
<https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/ace-mag-swepam-24-hour.gif>, 
DSCOVR <https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/real-time-solar-wind>
Updated: Today at 1515 UT

*X-ray Solar Flares*
6-hr max: *A6 *1340 UT Nov18
24-hr: *A6 *1553 UT Nov17
explanation <https://spaceweather.com/glossary/flareclasses.html> | more 
data <https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-x-ray-flux-dynamic-plot>
Updated: Today at: 1520 UT

Daily Sun: 18 Nov 
20<https://spaceweather.com/images2020/18nov20/hmi1898.gif>

Sunspot AR2783 is quite and poses no threat for strong solar flares. 
Credit: SDO/HMI

*Sunspot number: 11 *
What is the sunspot number?
<https://spaceweather.com/glossary/sunspotnumber.html>Updated 18 Nov 2020

*Spotless Days
*Current Stretch: 0 days
2020 total: 206 days (64%)
2019 total: 281 days (77%)
2018 total: 221 days (61%)
2017 total: 104 days (28%)
2016 total: 32 days (9%)
2015 total: 0 days (0%)
2014 total: 1 day (<1%)
2013 total: 0 days (0%)
2012 total: 0 days (0%)
2011 total: 2 days (<1%)
2010 total: 51 days (14%)
2009 total: 260 days (71%)
2008 total: 268 days (73%)
2007 total: 152 days (42%)
2006 total: 70 days (19%)
Updated 18 Nov 2020

*Thermosphere Climate Index*
today: 5.65x10^10 WCold
Max: 49.4x10^10 W Hot (10/1957)
Min: 2.05x10^10 W Cold (02/2009)
explanation 
<https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2018/09/27/the-chill-of-solar-minimum/> | 
*more data:* gfx 
<https://spaceweather.com/images2020/16nov20/TCI_Daily_NO_Power_Percentiles.png>, 
txt <https://spaceweather.com/images2020/16nov20/tci_info.txt>
Updated 17 Nov 2020

*The Radio Sun*
10.7 cm flux:* 79 *sfu
explanation <https://www.ips.gov.au/Educational/2/2/5> | more data 
<https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/solar-cycle-10-cm-radio-flux.gif>
Updated 18 Nov 2020

Cosmic Rays Solar minimum is underway. The sun's magnetic field is weak, 
allowing extra cosmic rays into the solar system. Neutron counts from 
the University of Oulu's Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory show that 
cosmic rays reaching Earth in 2020 are near a Space Age peak.
*
Oulu Neutron Counts*
Percentages of the Space Age average:
today: +8.8% High
48-hr change: -0.7%
Max: +11.7% Very High (12/2009)
Min: -32.1% Very Low (06/1991)
explanation 
<https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2019/10/03/cosmic-rays-are-nearing-a-space-age-maximum/> |**more 
data <https://cosmicrays.oulu.fi/>
Updated 18 Nov 2020 @ 0700 UT

<https://cosmicrays.oulu.fi/>

Current Auroral Oval:

<https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/aurora-forecast-northern-hemisphere.jpg>

Switch to: Europe, USA, New Zealand, Antarctica
Credit: NOAA/Ovation

*Planetary K-index*
Now: *Kp= 0 *quiet
24-hr max: *Kp= 2 *quiet
explanation <https://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/kp.html> | more data
<https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index>

*Interplanetary Mag. Field*
B_total : *2.8 *nT
B_z : *0.2 *nT *north *
more data: ACE 
<https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/ace-mag-24-hour.gif>, DSCOVR 
<https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/real-time-solar-wind>
Updated: Today at 1515 UT

Coronal Holes: 18 Nov 20

<https://spaceweather.com/images2020/18nov20/coronalhole_sdo_blank.jpg>
Solar wind flowing from this coronal hole should reach Earth on Nov. 
22-23. Credit: SDO/AIA
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