Toasted Dolphin

:Product: 1027SGAS.txt
:Issued: 2014 Oct 27 0245 UTC
# Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA,
# Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force.
#
Joint USAF/NOAA Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
SGAS Number 300 Issued at 0245Z on 27 Oct 2014
This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Oct
A.  Energetic Events
Begin  Max  End  Rgn   Loc   Xray  Op 245MHz 10cm   Sweep
 1004 1056 1118  2192 S18W40 X2.0  2b        200                    
 1655 1708 1811  2192 S16W31 X1.0  3b        160                    
 1807 1815 1820  2192        M4.2                                   
 1843 1849 1856  2192        M1.9                                   
 1914 1914 1914                       240                           
 1959 2021 2045  2192        M2.4     400                           
B.  Proton Events:  None.
C.  Geomagnetic Activity Summary:  The geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled.
D.  Stratwarm:  Not Available
E.  Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 217  SSN 138  Afr/Ap 011/010   X-ray Background C1.8
Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs)
GT 1 MeV 2.2e+05   GT 10 MeV 1.1e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day)
(GOES-13 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees)
Daily Electron Fluence
GT 2 MeV 4.40e+07 e/(cm2-ster-day)
(GOES-13 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees)
3 Hour K-indices:
Boulder 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 Planetary 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 
F.  Comments:  X1/3b flare was on 25 October, however optical data continued into 26 October.

AR2192 is the biggest sunspot in nearly 25 years, and it is still growing. The active region now covers 2750 millionths of the solar disk, an area equivalent to more than 16 planet Earths skinned and spread out flat.