[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 10 April 17 issued 2334 UT on 10 Apr 2017 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Tue Apr 11 09:34:04 EST 2017


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/10 APRIL 2017 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 10 APRIL AND FORECAST FOR 11 APRIL - 13 APRIL
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 10 Apr:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 10 Apr:  74/11


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             11 Apr             12 Apr             13 Apr
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    74/11              74/11              72/8

COMMENT: Solar activity was Very Low for the UT day, 10 April. 
Expect Very Low activity for the next 3 days. An erupting filament 
was observed commencing around 09/2025UT centered at N16E35, 
there was an associated CME first observed in SOHO LASCO C2 imagery 
at 10/0136UT. The CME is not expected to be Earthward bound. 
Additional CME activity was observed at 09/1836UT and 10/1948UT 
on the west limb and 10/1325UT and 10/1948UT on the NE limb. 
These CMES were faint and appeared to be due to activity on the 
farside of the Sun and are not expected to be geoeffective. The 
solar wind speed varied between 460 to 410 km/s over the last 
24 hours. The IMF Btotal varied between 9 to 3 nT and is currently 
around 6 nT. The IMF Bz component was mostly northward with a 
very brief period of -1 nT during the last 24 hours.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 10 Apr: Quiet

Estimated Indices 10 Apr : A   K           
   Australian Region       3   21111011
      Cocos Island         3   21111101
      Darwin               3   21111111
      Townsville           5   31111112
      Learmonth            3   31000011
      Alice Springs        3   21111111
      Norfolk Island       2   21010011
      Culgoora             3   21111011
      Gingin               4   31101111
      Camden               3   21111011
      Canberra             0   20000000
      Launceston           4   22111021
      Hobart               2   21100010    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 10 Apr :
      Macquarie Island     2   20000120
      Casey                6   33211011
      Mawson               8   31013313

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 10 Apr : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               2   (Quiet)
      Canberra             0   (Quiet)
      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 10 Apr : A 
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              6                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 09 Apr :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        16
           Planetary             21   4633 2201     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
11 Apr     6    Quiet
12 Apr     4    Quiet
13 Apr     4    Quiet

COMMENT: Magnetic conditions were mostly Quiet across the Australian 
region during the UT day, 10 April. Expect mostly Quiet conditions 
to prevail over the next three days.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
10 Apr      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
11 Apr      Normal         Normal         Normal
12 Apr      Normal         Normal         Normal
13 Apr      Normal         Normal         Normal


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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
10 Apr    11

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Southern Australian 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
Mar      11
Apr      14
May      14

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
11 Apr    10    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 5 to 
                15%
12 Apr    10    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 5 to 
                15%
13 Apr    10    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 5 to 
                15%

COMMENT: Mostly near predicted MUFs observed over the Australian 
region with only Minor MUF depressions observed during local 
night in the Northern Australian region during the UT day 10 
April. Near predicted MUFs to Minor depressed MUFs expected to 
continue for the next three days.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 09 Apr
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   8.8E+06
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.5E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 8.30E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 9%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A7.2

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 09 Apr
Speed: 472 km/sec  Density:    6.5 p/cc  Temp:    47300 K  Bz:  -2 nT

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