[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 09 January 17 issued 2330 UT on 09 Jan 2017 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Regional Warning Centre rwc at sws.bom.gov.au
Tue Jan 10 10:30:39 EST 2017


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/09 JANUARY 2017 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 09 JANUARY AND FORECAST FOR 10 JANUARY - 12 JANUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: ** YELLOW **
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 09 Jan:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 09 Jan:  71/6


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             10 Jan             11 Jan             12 Jan
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    71/6               71/6               71/6

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low over the last 24 hours. 
No Earth-directed CMEs were observed. Very low solar activity 
is expected for the next 3 days. The solar wind speed had a slightly 
downward trend, currently at 600 km/s. The total IMF strength 
peaked around 6 nT, currently 4 nT. The Bz component varied between 
+/-5 nT. The solar wind speed is expected to continue a slow 
decline over the next 3 days.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 09 Jan: Quiet to active

Estimated Indices 09 Jan : A   K           
   Australian Region       8   22123312
      Cocos Island         7   21123311
      Darwin               7   32123211
      Townsville           8   22223312
      Learmonth            9   32123312
      Alice Springs        8   22123312
      Norfolk Island       6   22122212
      Gingin               8   31123312
      Camden               8   22123322
      Canberra             8   22123312
      Launceston          15   33224423
      Hobart              10   33123312    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 09 Jan :
      Macquarie Island    18   32126412
      Casey               32   56534333
      Mawson              23   44433335

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 09 Jan : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin              26   (Quiet to unsettled)
      Canberra            38   (Quiet to 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 09 Jan : A 
           Fredericksburg        11
           Planetary             15                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 08 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        11
           Planetary             13   3223 3233     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
10 Jan    10    Quiet to active
11 Jan     8    Quiet to Unsettled
12 Jan     8    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: Activity is declining after a long period of coronal 
hole influence. Another small equatorial coronal hole moving 
into a geoeffective position over the next 2 days is not expected 
to have a significant impact.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
09 Jan      Poor-normal    Poor-normal    Poor-normal    

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
10 Jan      Poor-normal    Poor-normal    Poor-normal
11 Jan      Poor-normal    Poor-normal    Poor-normal
12 Jan      Poor-normal    Poor-normal    Poor-normal

COMMENT: Continuing moderate to severe MUF depressions are likely 
over the next 3 days.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
09 Jan   -24

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Depressed by 20% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 20% during local night.
      Depressed by 25% after local dawn.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 30% during local day.
      Depressed by 40% during local night.
      Depressed by 25% after local dawn.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 25% during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Depressed by 20% over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Dec      2
Jan      21
Feb      20

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
10 Jan   -15    15 to 30% below predicted monthly values
11 Jan   -15    15 to 30% below predicted monthly values
12 Jan   -15    15 to 30% below predicted monthly values

COMMENT: SWS HF Communications Warning 4 was issued on 9 January 
and is current for 10-12 Jan. MUFs were moderately to severely 
depressed across the Australian region on 9-Jan. Periods of sporadic-E 
were observed in many locations. MUF depressions are expected 
to continue due to low background EUV flux.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 08 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   5.2E+06
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.5E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 9.90E+08   (high fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:30%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A5.5

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 08 Jan
Speed: 666 km/sec  Density:    3.3 p/cc  Temp:   176000 K  Bz:  -1 nT

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