[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 11 January 14 issued 2330 UT on 11 Jan 2014

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Sun Jan 12 10:30:20 EST 2014


SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/11 JANUARY 2014 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 11 JANUARY AND FORECAST FOR 12 JANUARY - 14 JANUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:** YELLOW **   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 11 Jan:  Low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 11 Jan: 166/120


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             12 Jan             13 Jan             14 Jan
Activity     Low to moderate    Low to moderate    Low to moderate
Fadeouts     Possible           Possible           Possible
10.7cm/SSN   165/119            170/124            160/114

COMMENT: Solar activity was low over the last 24 hours, with 
C-class flares from regions 1950 (N16E19) and 1944 (S09W58). 
The latter produced the largest event, a C6 flare. Solar activity 
is expected to be low to moderate for the next 3 days, with a 
chance of X-class flares. The solar wind speed has varied between 
350-450 km/s. The IMF Bz component was negative, down to -8nT 
between 17-20UT.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 11 Jan: Quiet

Estimated Indices 11 Jan : A   K           
   Australian Region       4   11111122
      Darwin               3   11101122
      Townsville           5   11111132
      Learmonth            6   11112133
      Alice Springs        3   10111122
      Culgoora             3   10111-22
      Gingin               3   01101032
      Camden               4   11111122
      Canberra             2   00101022
      Launceston           5   11211132
      Hobart               2   00101122    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 11 Jan :
      Macquarie Island     0   00000020
      Casey               12   23332233
      Mawson              15   22112163

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 11 Jan : 
      Darwin               2   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      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 11 Jan : A 
           Fredericksburg         4
           Planetary              6                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 10 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         4
           Planetary              4   2100 1211     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
12 Jan    10    Quiet to Unsettled
13 Jan     8    Quiet to Unsettled
14 Jan     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Geomagnetic conditions in the Australian region were 
mostly quiet over the last 24 hours, with some isolated unsettled 
conditions since 18UT. Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected 
for the next 2 days, with mostly quiet conditions on 14-Jan.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
11 Jan      Normal         Normal         Poor(PCA)      

PCA Event : 10MeV Proton/PCA Event Began at 0900UT 06/01, Ended at 1725UT 11/01
 and, 10MeV Proton/PCA Event Began at 1800UT 11/01, Ended at 1915UT 11/01
 and, 10MeV Proton/PCA Event Began 12 01 2014 0640UT and is in progress

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
12 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal-poor
13 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
14 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal

COMMENT: There is a chance of short-wave fadeouts for the next 
3 days.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
11 Jan   115

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

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Dec      130
Jan      73
Feb      71

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
12 Jan   125    Near to 20% above predicted monthly values
13 Jan   120    Near to 15% above predicted monthly values
14 Jan   120    Near to 15% above predicted monthly values

COMMENT: IPS SWF HF Communications Warning 3 was issued on 9 
January and is current for 10-12 Jan. MUFs were near predicted 
values to enhanced across the Aus/NZ region over the last 24 
hours. Similar conditions are expected for the next 3 days.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 10 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   9.3E+07
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  6.1E+06
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 2.30E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 4%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B7.1

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 10 Jan
Speed: 399 km/sec  Density:    4.4 p/cc  Temp:    91200 K  Bz:   2 nT

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