[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 06 August 14 issued 2342 UT on 06 Aug 2014

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Thu Aug 7 09:42:18 EST 2014


SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/06 AUGUST 2014 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 06 AUGUST AND FORECAST FOR 07 AUGUST - 09 AUGUST
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 06 Aug:  Low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 06 Aug: 137/91


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             07 Aug             08 Aug             09 Aug
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     Possible           Possible           Possible
10.7cm/SSN   135/89             130/84             125/78

COMMENT: Low levels of solar activity have been observed during 
the last 24 hours. Today's largest event was a C1 flare at 0339 
UT from region 2132(S20W21). Solar wind mostly stayed around 
450 km/s during the UT day today and the Bz component of IMF 
varied between +3/-6 nT during this period, staying southwards 
for relatively longer periods of time. Solar activity is expected 
to stay at low levels with some possibility of isolated M-class 
event during the next 3 days.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 06 Aug: Quiet

Estimated Indices 06 Aug : A   K           
   Australian Region       5   22222111
      Cocos Island         2   11211100
      Darwin               3   22112100
      Townsville           6   22222211
      Learmonth            5   12222210
      Alice Springs        5   22222110
      Norfolk Island       6   12322111
      Culgoora             3   1-------
      Gingin               5   11222211
      Camden               7   2-------
      Canberra             5   22222111
      Launceston           9   223-----
      Hobart               8   123-----    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 06 Aug :
      Macquarie Island     7   12333100
      Casey                7   32222211
      Mawson              26   35323355

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 06 Aug : 
      Darwin               6   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               7   (Quiet)
      Canberra             2   (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 06 Aug : A 
           Fredericksburg         8
           Planetary              8                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 05 Aug :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        12
           Planetary             12   3232 3232     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
07 Aug     5    Quiet
08 Aug     5    Quiet
09 Aug     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Magnetic conditions have been mostly Quiet with some 
Unsettled periods. Some Unsettled periods can be expected for 
another day before returning to mostly Quiet.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
06 Aug      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
07 Aug      Normal         Normal         Normal
08 Aug      Normal         Normal         Normal
09 Aug      Normal         Normal         Normal

COMMENT: Mostly normal HF conditions, with isolated periods of 
minor to mild depressions in MUFs at low and some mid latitude 
locations, were observed during the UT day today. Nearly similar 
HF conditions may be expected for the next three days.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
06 Aug    86

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      No data available during local day.
      No data available during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 20% during local day.
      No data available during local night.
   Southern Australian and New Zealand Region:
      Mostly near predicted monthly values.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Jul      68
Aug      91
Sep      87

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
07 Aug    90    Near predicted monthly values
08 Aug    90    Near predicted monthly values
09 Aug    90    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Maximum useable frequencies for HF communications are 
mostly near predicted monthly values in the Australian region. 
Some depressed periods during local night were observed in northern 
and equatorial regions. MUFs are expected to remain mostly near 
predicted monthly values for the next 3 days.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 05 Aug
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   Data not available
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  Data not available
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: Data not available
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: Data not available

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 05 Aug
Speed: 456 km/sec  Density:    3.9 p/cc  Temp:    78900 K  Bz:  -1 nT

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