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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+ | |
13762 | 99 | 86 | 80 | 95 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 88 | 46 | 3 |
13763 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
13764 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
13765 | 87 | 86 | 70 | 37 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 81 | 33 | 7 |
13766 | 95 | 64 | 60 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 73 | 10 | 4 |
13767 | 24 | 57 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 0 |
13768 | 48 | 64 | 70 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 61 | 17 | 2 |
13769 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
13770 | 49 | 57 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 5 | 1 |
13771 | - | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
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)