Sunspot region AR11596

	Number of sunspots	Size	Class Spot	Location
2012/10/19	4	300	EAO	N11E73
2012/10/20	5	330	EKO	N08E60
2012/10/21	6	280	EKO	N06E46
2012/10/22	9	460	EHO	N07E33
2012/10/23	31	310	DKI	N07E20
2012/10/24	14	300	EKO	N07E06
2012/10/25	13	290	EKO	N08W08
2012/10/26	10	230	EAO	N07W21
2012/10/27	9	230	EAO	N08W35
2012/10/28	5	170	DAO	N08W48
2012/10/29	5	150	DAO	N06W65
2012/10/30	3	110	CAO	N05W79
2012/10/31	1	60	HSX	N08W94

B	C	M
1	10	1

The top 10 solar flares from sunspot region 11596

			Start	Maximum	End
1	M1.07	2012/10/17	07:52	08:02	08:16
2	C3.95	2012/10/20	20:02	20:10	20:22
3	C2.94	2012/10/17	14:27	14:34	14:40
4	C2.57	2012/10/21	12:58	13:16	13:32
5	C2.07	2012/10/26	10:23	10:32	10:39
6	C2.05	2012/10/18	22:30	22:59	23:21
7	C1.85	2012/10/26	03:54	04:00	04:10
8	C1.65	2012/10/31	04:59	05:07	05:13
9	C1.57	2012/10/21	11:06	11:09	11:18
10	C1.23	2012/10/25	14:32	14:51	15:11

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

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

The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (567.7 km/sec.)

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