[ips-dhfpr-euro] IPS Daily European HF Report 17 04 02

[Regional Warning Centre]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY EUROPEAN HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 18/0630Z APR 2002 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
EUROPEAN REGION SUMMARY AND FORECAST
MUF SUMMARY/FORECAST INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT IS AUTOMATICALLY
GENERATED FROM REGIONAL IONOSPHERIC DATA

1. SUMMARY FOR 17 04 02
Flares    Max     Fadeout    Freq.  Sectors
 M2/2N    0824UT  possible   lower  Mid East/Indian
A strong shock was observed in the solar wind at 1020UT on 17 Apr.
A moderate (63nT) impulse was observed in the IPS magnetomter data at
1107UT on 17 Apr.
PCA Event : Began at 1530UT 17/04, Ended at 0050UT 18/04
 

Observed T index:   134

Observed European Region MUFS:
Near predicted monthly values.

2. FORECAST FOR 18 04 2002

Forecast T index:    0
 
Forecast European Region MUFS:
Initially today: Depressed by 40%.
Rest of day: Depressed 30-40%
COMMENT:Strongly degraded HF conditions expected due to geomagnetic
activity. The geomagnetic field was disturbed during the first 6
hours of the forecast day.


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