INFO FROM SIDC - RWC BELGIUM 2014 Mar 10 12:59:22

There were four low M flares and twelve C flares on the Sun during the past
24 hours, the large majority being released by NOAA AR 12002. The brightest
one was an M1.1 flare from NOAA AR 12002 peaking at 00:26 UT on March 10.
In the next 48 hours, the probability for C flares is very high (over 95%)
and for M flares around 70%, mainly from beta-gamma-delta region NOAA AR
12002. An X flare is possible but unlikely. The halo CME detected by CACTUS
on LASCO C2 imagery from 3:12 UT on March 9, is probably a backsided event
related to an eruption in NOAA AR 11986, as can be seen in STEREO B images.
This CME is not expected to be geoeffective.Since 12h UT on March 9, solar
wind speed as observed by ACE decreased from around 340 km/s to around 270
km/s around 0h UT on March 10, while the magnitude of the Interplanetary
Magnetic Field (IMF) varied between 1.5 and 4.5 nT in this period. From
then onwards, solar wind speed increased again to about 340 km/s, with the
magnitude of the IMF fluctuating between 1.5 and 6 nT. Over the past 24
hours, geomagnetic conditions were quiet (K Dourbes between 0 and 3; NOAA
Kp between 0 and 3). Quiet geomagnetic levels are expected on March 10, 11,
and 12.