SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS MODERATE DUE TO AN UNCORRELATED M3 EVENT AT 07/0441UT. IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT THIS EVENT ORIGINATED FROM BEYOND THE EAST LIMB. OVERALL ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE 11 SPOTTED REGIONS ON THE DISK, 6 OF WHICH HAVE RECENTLY ROTATED ONTO THE EASTERN LIMB. 7 DIFFERENT REGIONS PRODUCED OPTICAL SUB-FLARES DURING THE PERIOD. THE TWO MOST ACTIVE REGIONS WERE: REGION 8525 (N16W31) WHICH PRODUCED A MODERATE DURATION C7/1F EVENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A 6 DEGREE DSF AT 07/1410UT AND REGION 8539 (N13E45) WHICH PRODUCED A C3/SF AT 07/0703UT. 4 NEW REGIONS WERE NUMBERED: 8537 (N19W60), 8538 (N10W33), 8539 (N13E45), AND 8540 (S28E70).

SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED M-CLASS EVENTS. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 06/2100Z TO 07/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED. THE GREATER THAN 2 MEV ELECTRONS AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT WERE AT NORMAL TO MODERATE LEVELS.

THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT QUIET TO UNSETTLED LEVELS.

  Geobserveerd       07 MAY 163
  Voorspeld   08 MAY-10 MAY  165/165/170
  90 Day Mean        07 MAY 130

OBSERVED AFR/AP 06 MAY  009/011
ESTIMATED AFR/AP 07 MAY  010/010
PREDICTED AFR/AP 08 MAY-10 MAY  010/010-005/005-005/005