[Ips-dhfpr] SWS Daily HF Prop Report - 04 April 18 issued 2330 UT on 04 Apr 2018 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Regional Warning Centre]

SUBJ: SWS DAILY HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/04 APRIL 2018 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
AUSTRALIAN REGION SUMMARY AND FORECAST

1. SUMMARY (04 APRIL) 
Date   T index  Conditions    
04 Apr     2    Normal         

Flares: none.

MUFs:
   Cocos Island Region:
      No data available .
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 25% during local night.
      Depressed by 20% after local dawn.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 20% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Enhanced by 30% over the UT day.

PCA Event : No event.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Mar      2
Apr      2
May      1


2. FORECAST (05 APRIL - 07 APRIL)
Date   T index  Conditions       MUFs                              
05 Apr    12    Normal           Near predicted monthly values
06 Apr     5    Normal           Near predicted monthly values    
07 Apr     2    Normal           Near predicted monthly values   

COMMENT: MUFs were slightly depressed over the Niue Island Region 
and Northern Australian Region on 04 April. Over other Aus/NZ 
regions, MUFs were mostly near predicted monthly levels on UT 
day 04 April. There were very few incidence of Sporadic E blanketing 
over the low latitude Australian Ionosonde sites. The three day 
outlook (05-07 Apr) is for MUFs to be near monthly predicted 
levels.

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