During the last week, solar activity was moderate on 3 Oct and 9 Oct, and low for the rest of the time. Fifteen active sunspot regions (AR4230, AR4232-4233, AR4235-4236, AR4238, AR4241-4249) were on the visible disk with 3 M-class flares produced. No solar proton event occurred. The F10.7 index decreased from 170 sfu to 120 sfu. Due to the effects of the recurrent coronal hole high speed stream, the solar wind speed reached a peak value of 800 km/s during 3-4 Oct, and the geomagnetic field reached minor storm levels for 6 hours and active levels for 27 hours. Due to the effect of the CME on 3 Oct, the solar wind speed reached a peak value of 450 km/s during 7-8 Oct, and the geomagnetic field reached active levels for 6 hours. The geomagnetic field was at quiet to unsettled levels for the rest of the time. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached minor storm levels on 3-5 Oct, 7-9 Oct and reached moderate storm levels on 6 Oct. |