[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 11 July 17 issued 2330 UT on 11 Jul 2017 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Wed Jul 12 09:30:23 EST 2017


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/11 JULY 2017 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 11 JULY AND FORECAST FOR 12 JULY - 14 JULY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 11 Jul:  Low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 11 Jul:  91/36


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             12 Jul             13 Jul             14 Jul
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     Possible           Possible           Possible
10.7cm/SSN    90/34              90/34              90/34

COMMENT: Solar activity was Low over the last 24 hours. Region 
2665 (S06W03) produced several B-class and a C1.2 X-ray flare. 
The C1.2 flare peaked at 2031 UT. No Earthward bound CMEs were 
observed from the LASCO C2 imagery up to 11/2200 UT. The solar 
wind speed increased from 570 km/s to 680 km/s by ~0700 UT and 
then gradually decreased to around 550 by 2300 UT. The north-south 
component of the interplanetary magnetic field Bz stayed positive 
up to around 7 nT by 0330 UT and then showed a sudden drop to 
-2 nT. Bt also showed a sudden drop from 8 nT to 4 nT at this 
time, whereas the solar wind speed suddenly rose from 590 to 
670 at this time. Bz stayed mostly between +/-3 nT during rest 
of the day. Expect the solar wind to gradually decrease over 
the next two days due to the influence of a geoeffective equatorial 
positive polarity coronal hole waning away. Low levels of solar 
activity with some possibility of isolated M-class event may 
be expected for the next 3 days (12, 13 and 14 July).

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 11 Jul: Quiet to Unsettled

Estimated Indices 11 Jul : A   K           
   Australian Region       5   13212210
      Darwin               4   22211110
      Townsville           7   23222211
      Learmonth            6   23212210
      Alice Springs        5   13212210
      Norfolk Island       4   22311100
      Gingin               6   13212220
      Camden               6   12322211
      Canberra             2   02211100
      Launceston           7   13322211
      Hobart               6   12322211    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 11 Jul :
      Macquarie Island     6   12313110
      Casey               12   23322432
      Mawson              25   35542215

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 11 Jul : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin              14   (Quiet)
      Canberra            14   (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 11 Jul : A 
           Fredericksburg         9
           Planetary             10                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 10 Jul :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        11
           Planetary             10   3421 1223     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
12 Jul     8    Quiet to Unsettled
13 Jul     6    Quiet
14 Jul     4    Quiet

COMMENT: Quiet to Unsettled conditions have been observed during 
the last 24 hours in the Australian region due to high speed 
solar wind stream from a recurrent positive polarity coronal 
hole. Geomagnetic conditions may be expected to gradually decline 
from Unsettled to Quiet levels over the next 24 hours 
(12 July UT day) and then stay at Quiet levels for the following two 
days (13 and 14 July).

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

PCA Event : No event.

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

COMMENT: Observed MUFs were mostly near predicted monthly values 
with some minor depression periods in some low latitude regions 
and minor to mild enhancements in some high latitude regions 
on 11 July. Expect MUFs to remain near predicted monthly values 
for the next three days (12 to 14 July) with the possibility 
of some enhancements on 13 and 14 July.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
11 Jul    19

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

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Jun      9
Jul      8
Aug      7

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
12 Jul    22    Near predicted monthly values
13 Jul    25    Near predicted monthly values to enhanced 10 
                to 20%
14 Jul    30    Near predicted monthly values to enhanced 15 
                to 30%

COMMENT: SWS HF Communications Warning 32 was issued on 9 
July and is current for 10-12 Jul. In Australian regions observed 
MUFs were mostly near predicted monthly values with some minor 
depression periods in the Northern regions and minor to mild 
enhancements in the Southern regions on 11 July. Expect MUFs 
in Australian/NZ regions to remain near predicted monthly values 
for the next three days (12 to 14 July) with the possibility 
of some enhancements on 13 and 14 July.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 10 Jul
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   3.0E+07
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.6E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 5.70E+06   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B1.3

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 10 Jul
Speed: 566 km/sec  Density:    6.1 p/cc  Temp:   286000 K  Bz:   2 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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