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 7 October 2001
⇐20011006 ⇐Week ⇐Rotation Today Rotation⇒ Week⇒ 20011008⇒

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
09636 N13W91
(927",214") 		α/αγδ Hsx/Hax 0090/0170 01/01 -
09637 S13W91
(927",-210") 		α/αγδ Hsx/Hsx 0030/0040 01/01 -
09641 S13W62
(820",-268") 		α/βγδ Hax/Cao 0100/0130 03/03 -
09642 N05W41
(624",-7") 		α/αγδ Hsx/Hsx 0010/0020 01/01 -
09645 S18W82
(897",-307") 		β/βγδ Eao/Dao 0180/0120 10/08 -
09648 S07E08
(-132",-234") 		β/αγδ Cao/Dso 0080/0110 05/03 -
09650 S15E17
(-270",-356") 		β/βγδ Dao/Dso 0130/0080 18/10 -
09651 S24W53
(696",-451") 		β/βγδ Bxo/Dso 0010/0030 05/05 -
09652 N21W27
(405",239") 		β/αγδ Bxo/Axx 0020/0010 07/01 -
09653 S22E36
(-520",-445") 		β/βγδ Dko/Dko 0270/0220 05/04 -
09654 N07W20
(324",3") 		β/αγδ Bxo/Axx 0010/0010 03/01 -
09655 S22E50
(-678",-426") 		α/α Hkx/Hkx 0180/0180 02/02 -
09656 S21W27
(405",-440") 		β/- Bxo/--- 0020/---- 04/-- -

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

Events not associated with currently named NOAA regions: None

Note: The tabulated data are based on the most recent NOAA/USAF Active Region Summary issued on 07-Oct-2001 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 07-Oct-2001 23:30 .