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Hp30 · 30-min index

Quiet — monitor Bz for changes

~2.2real-time est. from live solar windlive

Solar Wind · Solar1

282km/s

Speed

Nominal

2.5p/cm³

Density

Tenuous

Speed >600 km/s + southward Bz = strongest aurora driver

UK Cloud Cover · Open-Meteo

Current conditions

Bz -0.8 nT — near zero
Bz (IMF)-0.80 nTnear zero
IMF By+2.93 nTNear neutral
Speed282 km/sNominal solar wind
Density2.5 p/cm³Tenuous
Bt total5.1 nTWeak

Data from Solar1 (SWFO-L1) · Updated 11:16 BST

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