[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 07 July 14 issued 2330 UT on 07 Jul 2014

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Tue Jul 8 09:30:19 EST 2014


SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/07 JULY 2014 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 07 JULY AND FORECAST FOR 08 JULY - 10 JULY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:** YELLOW **   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 07 Jul:  Low

Flares: C class flares

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 07 Jul: 198/150


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             08 Jul             09 Jul             10 Jul
Activity     Low to moderate    Low to moderate    Moderate
Fadeouts     Possible           Possible           Possible
10.7cm/SSN   200/152            200/152            190/143

COMMENT: The 10.7 cm solar radio flux is near 200 and is predicted 
to remain high until the current group of large active regions 
rotate off the visible disk. AR 2108 is traversing the central 
meridian. AR 2108 and AR 2109 are large and magnetically complex. 
Their recent history suggests further C class flare activity 
is likely, but they might release an M class flare during the 
next 3 days. Solar flare was low during 7 July, the largest X 
ray flare was a C4.1 event from AR 2109 peaking at 08:02 UT. 
A weak coronal hole extends across the equator in the western 
quadrant. Recent CMEs detected in SOHO LASCO images were ejected 
toward the north and are unlikely to be geo-effective. The solar 
wind speed trended upward from 260 km/s to 340 km/s during the 
previous 24 hours. The IMF Bz component fluctuated in the range 
-8 nT to +5 nT.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 07 Jul: Quiet

Estimated Indices 07 Jul : A   K           
   Australian Region       3   11112101
      Cocos Island         2   111-2100
      Darwin               3   11112201
      Townsville           4   12112202
      Learmonth            3   11112111
      Alice Springs        3   11112101
      Norfolk Island       3   22002101
      Culgoora             2   11112100
      Gingin               2   11101111
      Camden               2   11112100
      Canberra             1   11011100
      Launceston           3   21112100
      Hobart               2   11111100    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 07 Jul :
      Macquarie Island     0   00000000
      Casey                2   11101110
      Mawson              14   42212244

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 07 Jul : 
      Darwin               6   (Quiet)
      Townsville           2   (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 07 Jul : A 
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              8                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 06 Jul :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              4   1002 1211     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
08 Jul     7    Quiet
09 Jul     9    Quiet to Unsettled
10 Jul     8    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: Geomagnetic conditions were quiet during 7 July. The 
arrival of faster solar wind may lead to intervals of unsettled 
geomagnetic conditions during the next 48 hours.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
07 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
08 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal
09 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
10 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair


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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
07 Jul    79

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 35% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 25% 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.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Jun      65
Jul      92
Aug      90

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
08 Jul    80    Near predicted monthly values
09 Jul    80    Near predicted monthly values
10 Jul    80    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Ionospheric propagation support was slightly depressed 
(-5% to -15%) throughout the Australian region during 7 July. 
The 10.7 cm solar radio flux values are expected to remain near 
200 during coming days. This suggests conditions for HF radio 
propagation will be strong for most of this week.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 06 Jul
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   8.8E+04
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.0E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 2.70E+05   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: C1.2

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 06 Jul
Speed: 274 km/sec  Density:    3.4 p/cc  Temp:    23200 K  Bz:   2 nT

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