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 18 July 2000
⇐20000717 ⇐Week ⇐Rotation Today Rotation⇒ Week⇒ 20000719⇒

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
09077 N18W61
(787",255") 		βγ/βγ Eai/Fki 0320/0450 32/45 C4.1(22:56)
M3.3(19:34)
M1.9(04:59)
/ C5.9(15:11)
C6.1(06:19)
C6.2(04:24)
09079 S25W50
(657",-444") 		α/α Hsx/Hsx 0050/0060 01/01 -
09080 N26W36
(500",357") 		β/β Bxo/Cro 0070/0020 09/07 -
09081 N04W25
(399",-4") 		β/β Cso/Dao 0090/0090 08/11 -
09082 S09W61
(817",-184") 		β/β Dso/Cso 0040/0020 11/08 -
09084 N21W39
(556",281") 		β/β Dao/Bxo 0160/0010 10/04 -
09085 N15W06
(95",169") 		βγ/βγ Eao/Eki 0300/0270 23/23 -
09087 S12E14
(-224",-270") 		βγ/βγ Dai/Dao 0250/0210 26/15 C6.4(17:22)
M3.0(14:00)
C9.3(07:13)
/ C2.9(23:28)
M2.4(20:14)
M1.2(13:35)
C5.3(08:24)
C3.9(07:02)
09088 N21W23
(345",271") 		β/β Dao/Dao 0120/0060 18/14 - / C8.1(00:31)
09089 N13E02
(-32",136") 		α/α Axx/Axx 0000/0000 01/01 -
09090 N12E44
(-643",141") 		βγ/β Fsi/Dso 0250/0090 17/06 - / C6.2(09:21)
C4.3(05:26)
09091 S06E40
(-605",-158") 		β/α Cao/Hsx 0110/0030 05/01 - / C3.7(18:40)
09092 S26W27
(386",-476") 		β/- Bxo/- 0030/- 05/- -
09093 S11W07
(113",-256") 		β/- Cso/- 0010/- 03/- -
09094 S25E49
(-647",-445") 		α/- Hsx/- 0080/- 01/- -
09095 N22W02
(30",281") 		β/- Bxo/- 0020/- 05/- -

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

Events not associated with currently named NOAA regions: C2.8(01:06) C2.2(03:37) C4.3(03:33) C6.7(03:44) C2.5(08:04) C2.6(21:39)

Note: The tabulated data are based on the most recent NOAA/USAF Active Region Summary issued on 18-Jul-2000 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 18-Jul-2000 23:30 .