[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 11 August 15 issued 2330 UT on 11 Aug 2015

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Wed Aug 12 09:30:25 EST 2015


SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/11 AUGUST 2015 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 11 AUGUST AND FORECAST FOR 12 AUGUST - 14 AUGUST
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: ** YELLOW **
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 11 Aug:  Low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 11 Aug: 103/52


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             12 Aug             13 Aug             14 Aug
Activity     Very low to low    Very low to low    Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN   105/54             100/48              95/41

COMMENT: Solar activity was Low for UT day, 11 August, due to 
a C1 class from active region 2396 at 1515UT. Expect solar activity 
to be Very Low to Low for the next two days (12-13 August). The 
solar wind ranged from 370 km/s to nearly 480 km/s during the 
last 24 hrs, current solar wind speed is ~400 km/s. During this 
period, the Bz component of IMF varied between +/-5 nT. Expect 
similar conditions to prevail over the next 24 hours.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 11 Aug: Quiet

Estimated Indices 11 Aug : A   K           
   Australian Region       4   22222001
      Cocos Island         3   21221001
      Darwin               4   22221002
      Townsville           5   22222011
      Learmonth            5   22222012
      Alice Springs        4   22221002
      Norfolk Island       4   22221001
      Culgoora             4   12222001
      Gingin               5   22122112
      Camden               4   22222001
      Canberra             2   11112000
      Launceston           5   22232001
      Hobart               3   12222000    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 11 Aug :
      Macquarie Island     7   12234000
      Casey                8   23322122
      Mawson              25   54332226
      Davis               63   43343219

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 11 Aug : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               0   (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 11 Aug : A 
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              8                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 10 Aug :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        13
           Planetary             13   3443 2222     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
12 Aug     4    Quiet
13 Aug     4    Quiet
14 Aug     8    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: Geomagnetic activity has been mostly Quiet for the Australian 
region with some Unsettled periods at high latitudes. Mostly 
quiet conditions are expected for the 12 August.

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

PCA Event : No event.

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


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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY

Date   T index
11 Aug    50

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Depressed by 25% during local day.
      Depressed by 35% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 35% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 20% during local day.
      Depressed by 30% during local night.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Jul      60
Aug      80
Sep      78

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
12 Aug    50    Depressed 10-30%/near predicted monthly values
13 Aug    50    Depressed 10-30%/near predicted monthly values
14 Aug    50    Depressed 10-30%/near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: IPS HF Communications Warning 32 was issued on 10 August 
and is current for 10-12 Aug. MUFs have ranged between predicted 
monthly values and mild depressions. Expect this trend to prevail 
over the next three days due to low EUV resulting from low sunspot 
numbers for this period in the solar cycle.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 10 Aug
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   1.3E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.1E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 4.10E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 6%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B2.4

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 10 Aug
Speed: 509 km/sec  Density:    3.9 p/cc  Temp:   117000 K  Bz:  -1 nT

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