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 12 November 1999
⇐19991111 ⇐Week ⇐Rotation Today Rotation⇒ Week⇒ 19991113⇒

Welcome to the Flare Prediction System. This page lists the active regions present on the Sun today, together with their probability of producing C-, M-, or X-class events. Flare probabilities are calculated using NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center data combined over 1969-1976 and 1988-1996 (details of which can be found in Bloomfield et al., 2012, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 747, L41, along with full forecast verification testing). The percentage probabilities are based on the number of flares produced by regions classified using the McIntosh classification scheme (McIntosh, P., 1990, Solar Physics, 125, 251) during cycles 21 and 22. For example, over both time periods there were 377 regions classified Eai. As this class produced 131 M-class events, the mean M-class flare rate is ~131/377 or ~0.347 flares per day. Assuming the number of flares per unit time is governed by Poisson statistics, we can estimate a flaring probability for the following 24-hours using P( one or more flares ) = 1 - exp( -mean ), i.e., P = 1 - exp( -0.347 ) ~ 0.29, or 29% for an Eai class region to produce one or more M-class flares in the next 24-hours.

See Gallagher, P. T., Moon, Y.-J., Wang, H., Solar Physics, 209, 171, (2002),
Wheatland, M. S., 2001, Solar Physics, 203, 87 and Moon et al., 2001, Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, 106(A12) 29951 for further details.

Click here for a description of the various active region classifications from the Royal Observatory of Belgium.
Region Flare Probabilities (%)
Number McIntosh C-class M-class X-class
No Prediction Found

NOTE: Occurrence of '...' indicates that McIntosh class was not observed in the period over which the Poisson flare rate statistics were determined. Values in parantheses/brackets give the NOAA/SWPC forecast probabilities for the occurrence of one or more C-, M-, or X-class flares. When viewed in real-time and before 22:00 UT, NOAA predictions are valid up to 22:00 UT on the current date. When viewed in real-time after 22:00 UT (or when viewing past dates), NOAA predictions are valid up to 22:00 UT on the following date. The most recent data can also be found at NOAA's 3-day Space Weather Predictions page.

Please contact Peter Gallagher if you have any comments or questions regarding this research.


Today's/Yesterday's NOAA Active Regions
NOAA Number
Latest
Position
Hale
Class
McIntosh Class
Sunspot Area
[millionths]
Number of Spots
Recent
Flares
08753 N18W51
(700",261") 		β/β Eao/Eai 0150/0200 40/42 - / C5.6(01:25)
08754 S08W40
(603",-170") 		α/α Hsx/Hsx 0020/0020 01/01 -
08755 N22W24
(357",310") 		β/α Cso/Hsx 0110/0080 04/01 -
08757 N37W81
(745",561") 		β/β Eso/Eso 0130/0090 10/09 - / C3.8(01:57)
08758 N18W15
(233",245") 		β/β Bxo/Dao 0020/0040 06/09 -
08759 N10E05
(-81",113") 		βγ/βγ Fkc/Fkc 0630/0870 80/73 C1.6(23:40)
M1.7(08:54)
/ C5.1(19:55)
C8.6(14:39)
C3.0(04:29)
08760 N13W32
(489",170") 		βγ/βγ Eki/Eki 0630/0520 51/60 -
08761 N19W02
(31",259") 		β/β Cso/Cso 0020/0030 02/08 -
08762 N06W74
(904",84") 		β/β Bxo/Cso 0040/0010 03/04 -
08763 S14E45
(-650",-264") 		β/β Dao/Cao 0170/0120 11/11 - / C2.9(21:42)
C3.4(03:02)
08764 N16W42
(609",223") 		β/β Bxo/Bxo 0020/0010 04/03 -
08765 S10E58
(-790",-191") 		β/- Cao/- 0150/- 08/- -

Class (HH:MM) -Today
Class (HH:MM) -Yesterday

Events not associated with currently named NOAA regions: C4.6(01:21) C8.6(08:22) M1.1(11:50) C3.9(04:55) C7.0(07:30) C3.3(09:18) C3.2(10:38) C5.8(13:18)

Note: The tabulated data are based on the most recent NOAA/USAF Active Region Summary issued on 12-Nov-1999 00:30 . The greyed out and light-blue entries are values from the previous day. Slashed cells indicate that the active region has no spots. The latest positions of the active regions are given in both heliographic and heliocentric co-ordinates. The region positions are valid on 12-Nov-1999 23:30 .