[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 28 August 17 issued 2330 UT on 28 Aug 2017 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Tue Aug 29 09:30:25 EST 2017


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/28 AUGUST 2017 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 28 AUGUST AND FORECAST FOR 29 AUGUST - 31 AUGUST
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:** YELLOW **     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 28 Aug:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 28 Aug:  82/23


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             29 Aug             30 Aug             31 Aug
Activity     Very low to low    Very low to low    Very low to low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    82/23              84/26              84/26

COMMENT: Solar activity was Very Low over the last 24 hours. 
Region 2672(N08W35) produced several B-class flares. Expect Very 
Low to Low solar activity for the UT day, 29 August. No Earth-directed 
CMEs were observed in the available LASCO C2 imagery up to 28/2048UT. 
The solar wind stream was below nominal levels ranging between 
270 km/s and 380 km/s. Bz was mostly negative during the last 
24 hours, dipping to -7 nT. Btotal remained steady at around 
7 to 8 nT during this period. Expect similar solar wind conditions 
during the UT day, 29 August.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 28 Aug: Quiet

Estimated Indices 28 Aug : A   K           
   Australian Region       1   11110000
      Cocos Island         1   11110000
      Darwin               1   11110001
      Townsville           2   11110011
      Learmonth            1   11110000
      Alice Springs        1   01110000
      Norfolk Island       2   21210000
      Culgoora             0   00010000
      Gingin               0   10010000
      Camden               1   01110001
      Launceston           1   10021000
      Hobart               1   10021000    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 28 Aug :
      Casey                4   23211001
      Mawson              10   22112125
      Davis                5   32221011

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 28 Aug : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               0   (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 28 Aug : A 
           Fredericksburg         4
           Planetary              5                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 27 Aug :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              9   2202 1342     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
29 Aug     8    Quiet to Unsettled
30 Aug     8    Quiet to Unsettled
31 Aug    20    Active

COMMENT: Geomagnetic activity was Quiet for the last 24 hours. 
Expect the next two days to be Quiet to Unsettled. On 31 August 
expect an increase to Unsettled to Active condition due to the 
an increase in the solar wind speed induced by a recurrent coronal 
hole.

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

PCA Event : No event.

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


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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
28 Aug    23

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Enhanced by 15% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   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
Jul      10
Aug      6
Sep      5

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
29 Aug    15    Near predicted monthly values
30 Aug    15    Near predicted monthly values
31 Aug    15    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies were mostly near predicted 
monthly values in the Aus/NZ region over the last 24 hours. Expect 
similar conditions to prevail over the next three days.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 27 Aug
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   1.2E+08
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.6E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 3.80E+08   (moderate fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:21%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B1.1

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 27 Aug
Speed: 363 km/sec  Density:    4.2 p/cc  Temp:   158000 K  Bz:  -2 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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