The geomagnetic field was quiet on May 1, weakly under the influence of a high speed stream from CH665. Solar wind speed at SOHO ranged between 339 and 633 km/s.
Solar flux at 20h UTC on 2.8 GHz was 99.9 (decreasing 22.5 over the last solar rotation). The 90 day 10.7 flux at 1 AU was 126.5. The Potsdam WDC planetary A index was 5 (STAR Ap - based on the mean of three hour interval ap indices: 4.8). Three hour interval K indices: 12101212 (planetary), 22111312 (Boulder).
At the time of counting spots (see image time), spots were observed in 6 active regions using 2K resolution (SN: 97) and 5 active regions using 1K resolution (SN: 69) SDO images on the visible solar disk.
Region 12334 [S19W02] decayed slowly and quietly.
Region 12335 [S15E65] developed slowly and could produce C and maybe a minor M class flare as there is polarity intermixing.
S4426 [S12E32] lost the trailing spot and was quiet.
New region S4429 [S30E16] was observed with penumbra spots.
New region S4430 [S22W19] was observed with a penumbra spot.
April 29 - May 1: No obviously Earth directed CMEs were observed.
A recurrent trans equatorial coronal hole (CH666) will likely rotate into a potentially geoeffective position on May 2.
The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet on May 2-3 with a chance of unsettled intervals due to weak coronal hole effects. Quiet conditions are likely on May 4.