Sunspot region AR12017

	Number of sunspots	Size	Class Spot	Location
2014/03/23	5	30	CAO	N09E58
2014/03/24	5	30	CAO	N09E58
2014/03/25	9	100	DAI	N09E45
2014/03/26	9	130	DSI	N10E20
2014/03/27	16	120	DSI	N09E07
2014/03/28	16	160	DSI	N10W07
2014/03/29	14	150	DAO	N10W20
2014/03/30	11	100	DAO	N10W34
2014/03/31	10	130	DAC	N10W49
2014/04/01	7	60	CAI	N10W64
2014/04/02	2	10	AXX	N10W78

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16	4	1

The top 10 solar flares from sunspot region 12017

			Start	Maximum	End
1	X1.45	2014/03/29	17:35	17:48	17:54
2	M3.79	2014/03/28	23:44	23:51	23:58
3	M3	2014/03/30	11:48	11:55	12:02
4	M2.92	2014/03/28	19:04	19:18	19:27
5	M1.08	2014/03/30	21:10	21:15	21:17
6	C4.75	2014/03/29	14:26	14:32	14:37
7	C3.75	2014/03/23	05:35	05:47	05:52
8	C3.29	2014/03/28	17:56	17:59	18:06
9	C2.95	2014/03/29	07:50	08:00	08:18
10	C2.41	2014/03/23	01:20	01:26	01:32

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
Kirkenes, Trondheim
Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Vorkuta
Kiruna, Luleå, Sundsvall, Umeå

The solar wind speed is currently moderately high (573 km/sec.)

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