[Ips-dhfpr] SWS Daily HF Prop Report - 23 October 17 issued 2344 UT on 23 Oct 2017 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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SUBJ: SWS DAILY HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/23 OCTOBER 2017 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
AUSTRALIAN REGION SUMMARY AND FORECAST

1. SUMMARY (23 OCTOBER) 
Date   T index  Conditions    
23 Oct     4    Normal         

Flares: none.

MUFs:
   Cocos Island Region:
      No data available.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 20% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

PCA Event : No event.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Sep      20
Oct      5
Nov      4


2. FORECAST (24 OCTOBER - 26 OCTOBER)
Date   T index  Conditions       MUFs                              
24 Oct     5    Normal-fair      Near predicted monthly values
25 Oct   -10    Normal-fair      Near predicted monthly values/depressed 
                                 15 to 30%    
26 Oct   -10    Normal-fair      Near predicted monthly values/depressed 
                                 15 to 30%   

COMMENT: Near predicted MUFs to Minor depressions in the Australian 
region for 23Oct. Similar conditions are expected for 24 October. 
Expect some degradation in MUF's for Northern AUS and Southern 
AUS/NZ region and poor ionospheric support for Antarctic regions 
on 25Oct-26Oct due to increased geomagnetic activity over this 
time.

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