[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 15 June 13 issued 2330 UT on 15 Jun 2013

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Sun Jun 16 09:30:18 EST 2013


SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/15 JUNE 2013 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 15 JUNE AND FORECAST FOR 16 JUNE - 18 JUNE
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 15 Jun:  Low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 15 Jun: 111/62


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             16 Jun             17 Jun             18 Jun
Activity     Very low to low    Very low to low    Very low to low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN   110/60             110/60             105/54

COMMENT: The group of Active Regions 1769 to 1772 is located 
on the south east quadrant of the Sun and the large AR 1768 is 
located in the south west quadrant. The 10.7 cm solar flux is 
trending upwards. A C1.0 flare peaked at 04:00 UT and a B7.1 
flare at 09:33 UT. SOHO LASCO C2 images show a non-halo CME emerging 
from the south west limb of the Sun at the start of June 15. 
None of these events are expected to cause significant geomagnetic 
activity. Solar activity is expected to remain very low to low 
with only a very small chance of a major flare in the next 2 
days. The solar wind speed increased from approximately 310 km/s 
to 350 km/s during the previous 24 hours. The solar wind plasma 
density is declining and Bz remained mostly between -3 nT and 
+3 nT. The Enlil solar wind model indicates increasing solar 
wind density and speed during June 17-18.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 15 Jun: Quiet

Estimated Indices 15 Jun : A   K           
   Australian Region       3   21210101
      Cocos Island         3   2121010-
      Darwin               3   22210101
      Townsville           5   2222121-
      Learmonth            2   21210100
      Norfolk Island       2   21100001
      Culgoora             3   21211101
      Camden               2   11210101
      Canberra             0   00100000
      Hobart               1   10100100    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 15 Jun :
      Macquarie Island     0   1000000-
      Casey                5   2222121-
      Mawson              14   6221100-

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 15 Jun : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth           NA
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               0   (Quiet)
      Canberra             0   (Quiet)

Pc3 pulsations are high frequency (10-45 second period) variations 
of the Earths magnetic field. Daily pc3-indices are the daily sum 
of 20 minute pc3-indices for that station and have been shown to be
well correlated with rejection of high resolution aeromagnetic
survey flight-line data. 

NOTE: Indices may have been generated from data obtained in 
cooperation with the following organisations: Geoscience Australia, 
University of Newcastle Space Physics Group, Australian Government 
Antarctic Division and International Center for Space Weather 
Science and Education, Japan.


Estimated AFr/Ap Indices 15 Jun : A 
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              5                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 14 Jun :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              4   1101 1112     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
16 Jun     5    Quiet
17 Jun     5    Quiet
18 Jun     8    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: Geomagnetic conditions were very quiet during June 14 
and 15 and are expect to remain quiet today, June 16. Conditions 
are expected to become unsettled during June 17-18 when the next 
sector boundary crossing impacts Earth.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
15 Jun      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
16 Jun      Normal         Normal         Normal
17 Jun      Normal         Normal         Normal
18 Jun      Normal         Normal         Normal

COMMENT: Ionospheric support for HF propagation is expected to 
remain near to monthly predicted values. The 10.7 cm solar flux 
has begun trending upwards again. This may lead to an increase 
in ionospheric support for higher frequencies.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
15 Jun    65

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Enhanced by 20% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Southern Australian and New Zealand Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Predicted Monthly T index for June:  67

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
16 Jun    70    Near predicted monthly values
17 Jun    70    Near predicted monthly values
18 Jun    75    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Ionospheric support for HF propagation is expected to 
remain near to monthly predicted values. The 10.7 cm solar flux 
has begun trending upwards again. This may lead to an increase 
in ionospheric support for higher frequencies.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 14 Jun
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   1.5E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.0E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 5.60E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 7%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B3.1

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 14 Jun
Speed: 334 km/sec  Density:    3.3 p/cc  Temp:    19700 K  Bz:   0 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
ACE data can be incorrect during strong proton events.
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