Wednesday, August 24, 2011

SOLAR UPDATE - WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 2011 AT 11:00 AM CDT


Solar activity continues at very low levels heading into Wednesday with the Solar X-Rays stuck in the B-Class range over the past 24 hours. Sunspot 1271 remains a large sunspot, but is losing magnetic complexity. There will remain a low chance for an M-Class flare around this region.

Sunspot 1272 in the southern hemisphere continues to shrink in size and 1274 in the north has decayed to a spotless plage. A small new sunspot did rotate into view on the eastern limb and should be numbered 1277 on Wednesday.

A small new sunspot was numbered 1276 on Tuesday, but already looks to have faded away. It was located to the east of region 1274.