Sunspot region AR10226

	Number of sunspots	Size	Class Spot	Location
2002/12/14	8	70	DSO	S28E51
2002/12/15	19	170	DAI	S28E39
2002/12/16	20	290	EKI	S28E25
2002/12/17	28	320	EKI	S28E12
2002/12/18	42	560	FKI	S28W01
2002/12/19	47	720	FKI	S28W15
2002/12/20	45	690	FKC	S28W28
2002/12/21	41	720	FKC	S28W41
2002/12/22	29	510	FKC	S28W54
2002/12/23	26	360	FKI	S28W67
2002/12/24	13	460	FKO	S28W78
2002/12/25	4	110	EAO	S28W89

C	M
31	6

The top 10 solar flares from sunspot region 10226

			Start	Maximum	End
1	M9.77	2002/12/20	13:13	13:18	13:20
2	M3.54	2002/12/18	06:31	06:42	06:56
3	M2.84	2002/12/16	22:45	22:55	23:20
4	M2.31	2002/12/17	22:57	23:35	23:45
5	M1.22	2002/12/20	08:20	08:33	08:45
6	M1.04	2002/12/20	20:10	20:14	20:16
7	C9.89	2002/12/18	02:29	02:33	02:36
8	C9.16	2002/12/17	19:23	19:30	19:39
9	C8.67	2002/12/17	00:54	01:00	01:09
10	C6.7	2002/12/21	04:48	04:53	04:57

Current data suggests there is a slight possibility for aurora to appear at the following high latitude regions in the near future

Oulu, Rovaniemi, Kuopio, Sodankylä, Utsjoki
Kirkenes, Trondheim
Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Vorkuta
Kiruna, Luleå, Sundsvall, Umeå

The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (656 km/sec.)

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