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Flare Probabilities [%] (00:00 UTC +24H) ?
NOAA | C+ | M+ | X+ | Mean ? | ||||||||
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MCEVOL ? | MCSTAT ? | SWPC ? | MCEVOL | MCSTAT | SWPC | MCEVOL | MCSTAT | SWPC | C+ | M+ | X+ | |
13686 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
13690 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
13691 | 92 | 92 | 85 | 32 | 35 | 50 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 90 | 39 | 6 |
13692 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
13693 | 27 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
13695 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
13696 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
13697 | 63 | 76 | 90 | 15 | 15 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 76 | 30 | 11 |
SolarMonitor's flare prediction system's probabilities are calculated using the NOAA Space Weather Predicion Centre's McIntosh classifications. There are two methods, MCSTAT and MCEVOL, that use sunspot-group McIntosh classifications and Poisson statistics to calculate flaring probabilities valid for a 24-hr period starting at 00:00 UTC. The flaring probabilities are calculated using historical data from solar cycles 23 and 24 (1996-2019).
MCSTAT (McIntosh Statistics): Uses the point-in-time McIntosh classification to calculate Poisson flaring probabilities. Details about the method [1] and forecast verification testing [2] can be found in the following papers:
[1] Gallagher, P. T., Moon, Y.-J., Wang, H., Solar Physics, 209, 171, (2002)
[2] Bloomfield et al., 2012, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 747, L41
[1] McCloskey, A.E., Gallagher, P.T. & Bloomfield, D.S., Solar Physics, 291, 1711, (2016)