Friday, January 31, 2014

BARREL Daily Update Jan 31st 2014

Hi all, 

There was a large(ish) flare that occurred right as the lunar transit ended. It also happened to produce an asymmetric halo CME which we should see a glancing blow on Feb 2nd. This flare came from our favorite sunspot 1967. 

If you look at the wind maps you can see that they are becoming a bit more chaotic. 2L has taken an interesting path and may start going around Antarctica again. 

Ground Weather:
SANAE IV: 
Temp.: -10. C
Wind speed: 6 knots

Halley 6: 
Temp.: -7.2 C
Wind speed: 15 knots 

Payloads up: 
SANAE IV: 2A, 2B, 2E
Halley 6:  2L, 2O, 2P

Payloads coming down:

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

2014-01-28
A: 19:30 - 23:59

2014:01-29
B: 17:20 - 22:30

2014-01-30
A: 13:40 - 20:40

2014-01-31
A: 16:40 - 23:40 
B: 12:30 - 19:30
Halley Bay Search Coil Magnetometer :
very 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: 331.4 km/s 
Solar proton density: 0.8 cm^(-3)  

Sun spot number: 112
NOAA has the likelihood of a M class flare at 60% and a 10% 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 = 1

Bz = 0.2 south
Btotal = 5.1 nT  

From Kyoto:
AE: some small activity

Dst: quiet.

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