[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 29 July 16 issued 2351 UT on 29 Jul 2016 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Sat Jul 30 09:51:45 EST 2016


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/29 JULY 2016 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 29 JULY AND FORECAST FOR 30 JULY - 01 AUGUST
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 29 Jul:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 29 Jul:  71/6


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             30 Jul             31 Jul             01 Aug
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low to low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    72/8               72/8               72/8

COMMENT: Solar activity was Very Low over the last 24 hours with 
no flare activity to report. Small region 2570 located at N09E56 
is the only numbered sun spot region currently on the visible 
disc and appears quiet and stable. Yesterdays equatorial located 
disappearing solar filament was confirmed to have produced a 
southwestward directed CME visible in LASCO C2 imagery on 28Jul 
from 23UT onwards. Further analysis of this CME is being conducted 
to determine if it will be geoeffective. Solar wind speed (Vsw) 
has been elevated over the last 24 hours, reaching a maximum 
of ~640km/s at 0830UT and is currently at 530km/s. Bz, The north-south 
component of the interplanetary magnetic field fluctuated between 
+/-8nT between 00UT and 06UT after which it decreased in magnitude 
to be fluctuating between +/-2nT at the time of this report. 
The solar wind speed is expected to remain elevated for the next 
24 hours due to the influence of a high speed solar wind stream. 
Solar activity is expected to be Very Low for the next 3 days 
with only slight chance of a C-class flare.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 29 Jul: Quiet to Unsettled

Estimated Indices 29 Jul : A   K           
   Australian Region       8   23232221
      Cocos Island         8   23221321
      Darwin               7   23222221
      Townsville           9   23233221
      Learmonth            7   23222221
      Alice Springs        8   23222321
      Norfolk Island       8   23232221
      Culgoora             9   23232222
      Gingin              11   33232331
      Canberra             9   23233221
      Launceston          15   34333323
      Hobart              11   23233322    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 29 Jul :
      Macquarie Island    11   24332212
      Casey               12   33431222
      Mawson              38   35544365

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 29 Jul : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            2   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin              38   (Quiet to unsettled)
      Canberra            42   (Unsettled)
      Melbourne           NA

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 29 Jul : A 
           Fredericksburg        12
           Planetary             16                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 28 Jul :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        13
           Planetary             19   3432 2354     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
30 Jul    11    Unsettled
31 Jul     7    Quiet
01 Aug     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Quiet to Unsettled conditions observed over the last 
24 hours. Unsettled conditions expected for 30Jul and mostly 
Quiet conditions expected for 31Jul-01Aug.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
29 Jul      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Fair-poor      

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
30 Jul      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Fair-poor
31 Jul      Normal         Normal-fair    Fair
01 Aug      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair

COMMENT: Depressed HF conditions across all latitudes for 29Jul 
with occasional enhancements at mid latitudes. Continued MUF 
depressions are expected across all latitudes for 30-31Jul with 
return to near normal conditions for 01Aug.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
29 Jul    32

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 20% during local night.
      Depressed by 30% after local dawn.
   Niue Island Region:
      No data available.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 25% during local night.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
      Depressed by 25% after local dawn.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Jun      31
Jul      42
Aug      40

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
30 Jul    25    Depressed 15%/near predicted monthly values
31 Jul    30    Near predicted monthly values
01 Aug    35    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Periods of depressed MUF's observed over all regions 
during the last 24 hours with notable enhancements for some Northern 
AUS and Southern AUS/NZ regions. Disturbed ionospheric support 
for Antarctic regions. Improving conditions are expected over 
the next 3 days with return to near monthly predicted values 
for 01AUg.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 28 Jul
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   1.8E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.3E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 3.30E+06   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A5.0

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 28 Jul
Speed: 377 km/sec  Density:   12.5 p/cc  Temp:    58600 K  Bz:  -3 nT

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