Dear RHESSI Collaborators,

The level of solar activity is moderate-to-high. NOAA 12149 has shown signs of decay over the past 24 hours after decreasing in area. This region is classified as a beta-gamma/E-type sunspot group and has produced several C-class flares since yesterday's message, including a C5.5 flare on 24-Aug-2014 at 04:53 UT. NOAA 12151 has been numbered after rotating over the South East limb and has already been the source of an M5.9 flare (on 24-Aug-2014 at 12:00 UT). This appears to be the return of the active region previously designated as 12130 that displayed a beta-gamma-delta classification on the last disk transit and produced two M-class flares. We are now initiating a MM#003 Major Flare Watch because 12151 produced a flare above the M5 level. More C-class activity is expected over the next 24 hour period, with a chance for more flaring above the M5 level.

The position of NOAA 12151 on 24-Aug-2014 at 13:00 UT is:

S07E64, ( -846", -166" )

See http://www.SolarMonitor.org for images and http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/ops/observing.shtml for a description of the current Max Millennium Observing Plan.

Regards,

Shaun Bloomfield (Trinity College Dublin)