[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 16 June 17 issued 2339 UT on 16 Jun 2017 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/16 JUNE 2017 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 16 JUNE AND FORECAST FOR 17 JUNE - 19 JUNE
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 16 Jun:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 16 Jun:  74/11


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             17 Jun             18 Jun             19 Jun
Activity     Very low to low    Very low to low    Very low to low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    74/11              74/11              74/11

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low for the UT day, 16 June, 
with no notable flares. Very low levels of solar activity are 
expected for the next 3 UT days (17-19 June) with a chance of 
C-class flares. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in the available 
LASCO imagery. The solar wind speed picked up ~0750UT due to 
the onset of a recurrent negative polarity coronal hole, currently 
~~580 km/s. The total IMF, Bt and Bz reached 16 nT and -13 nT, 
respectively. There were a few prolonged periods with negative 
Bz. The solar wind speed is expected to remain elevated over 
the next two days due to coronal hole effects.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 16 Jun: Quiet to Minor 
Storm

Estimated Indices 16 Jun : A   K           
   Australian Region      15   12325333
      Darwin              12   12324323
      Townsville          14   12334333
      Learmonth           20   22435334
      Alice Springs       14   12325323
      Culgoora            13   12324333
      Gingin              17   12325334
      Camden              15   12325333
      Canberra            10   01224323
      Launceston          19   12335434
      Hobart              16   01325433    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 16 Jun :
      Macquarie Island    26   00456433
      Casey               14   13334233
      Mawson              43   13444467

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 16 Jun : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           8   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        2   (Quiet)
      Gingin              11   (Quiet)
      Canberra            26   (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 16 Jun : A 
           Fredericksburg        17
           Planetary             23                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 15 Jun :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              4   2001 1111     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
17 Jun    15    Quiet to Active
18 Jun    12    Quiet to Active
19 Jun     8    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: Geomagnetic activity increased from Quiet to Active 
levels across the Australian region with one isolated period 
of Minor Storming ~1200UT associated with the onset of a recurrent 
negative polarity coronal hole. Mostly Quiet to Active conditions 
are expected for the UT days 17-18 June in response to the coronal 
hole effects.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
16 Jun      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
17 Jun      Normal         Normal-fair    Normal-fair
18 Jun      Normal         Normal-fair    Normal-fair
19 Jun      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair

COMMENT: Degraded HF condition in the high-latitude regions may 
be observed due to expected increase in the geomagnetic activity 
over the next 24 hours.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
16 Jun     4

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      No data available.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Mostly near predicted monthly values.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
May      10
Jun      10
Jul      9

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
17 Jun     5    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                20%
18 Jun     5    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                20%
19 Jun    10    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Mostly near predicted monthly MUFs were observed over 
the Australian region on UT day 16 June. Periods of Spread F 
continued at some locations. Expect similar MUF conditions for 
the next two UT days, and a possibility of Minor depressions 
for Southern AUS/NZ and Antarctic regions due to increased geomagnetic 
activity from coronal hole effects.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 15 Jun
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   8.3E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.8E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 5.60E+06   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A7.0

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 15 Jun
Speed: 435 km/sec  Density:    4.4 p/cc  Temp:   182000 K  Bz:   1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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