BARREL Daily Update Jan 25th 2014

2C appears to have stopped calling us. If we don't hear from it again in a couple day's time it will self terminate. 

On the plus side, we've started seeing activity again, well in one payload, but better than none! Halley is also hoping to launch a balloon tomorrow and by the 26th the active sunspots from the X flare on the 7th should be back on the Earthward facing side of the Sun. 

Ground Weather:

SANAE IV: 

Temp.: ?. C

Wind speed: ?

Halley 6: 

Temp.: -5.5 C

Wind speed: 16 knots 

Payloads up: 

SANAE IV: 2A, 2B, 2C

Halley 6:  2L,

Payloads coming down:

2C? 

Collection times for EFW:  

2013-01-06 (A just to West, B quite a ways to West)

A: 15:40-21:30   (6h 10m)

B: 17:30-19:30  (2h)

20:30-23:00 (2h 30m)

2013-01-07 (A quite west, B very west of stations)

A: 19:00-21:00  (2h)

22:30-23:59  (1h 30m)

B: 20:45-21:45  (1h)

00:45Jan8-02:00Jan8  (2h 15m)

2013-01-09  (A just to West, B quite a ways to West)

A: 15:15-21:15 (at 16k)  (6h)      

B: 17:30-20:30 (at 16k)  (3h)

     20:33-24:00 (at 4k)   (3.5hrs)

2013-01-10 (west of stations)

A: 18:00-01:00(jan11)

B: 20:00-03:00(jan11)

2013-01-11

B: 14:45-21:00

2013-01-12

A: 14:40-21:30

B: 17:00-24:00

2014-01-15

 A: 14:30-21:30

2014-01-22

A: 2014-01-22/17:15 - 23:59:59

2014-01-23

B: 2014-01-23/15:00 - 22:00

Halley Bay Search Coil Magnetometer :

quiet. 

GOES Electron Flux:

The electron levels have stayed at moderate levels.

GOES Proton Flux:

The proton levels are at moderate levels. 

Space Weather from Spaceweather.com and SWPC.noaa.gov 

Solar wind speed: 358.6 km/s 

Solar proton density: 2.8 cm^(-3)  

Sun spot number: 150

NOAA has the likelihood of a M class flare at 15% and a 1% chance of an X class flare.  

There are currently no coronal holes observed on the Earthward side of the Sun. 

Kp is quiet 

kp =1 with a 24 max of kp = 3

Bz = 4.1 south

Btotal = 4.7 nT  

From Kyoto:

AE: possibly some very small substorms. 

Dst: very quiet.