[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 28 January 18 issued 2330 UT on 28 Jan 2018 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Mon Jan 29 10:30:41 EST 2018


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/28 JANUARY 2018 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 28 JANUARY AND FORECAST FOR 29 JANUARY - 31 JANUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 28 Jan:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 28 Jan:  69/3


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             29 Jan             30 Jan             31 Jan
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low to low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    69/3               69/3               69/3

COMMENT: Solar activity was Very Low for 28Jan. Solar wind speed 
decreased from ~420km/s at 00UT to be ~350km/s at the time of 
this report. Bz, the north-south component of the IMF ranged 
between +/-4nT over the UT day. Solar wind parameters are expected 
to range between nominal values to slightly enhanced at times 
over the next 3 days due to the influence of a equatorial located 
negative polarity coronal hole. Very Low levels of solar activity 
are expected for the next 3 days as the visible disk is currently 
spotless.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 28 Jan: Quiet to Unsettled

Estimated Indices 28 Jan : A   K           
   Australian Region       4   21013111
      Darwin               2   10102111
      Townsville           5   21113211
      Learmonth            5   21013212
      Culgoora             -   --------
      Gingin               5   21013121
      Camden              15   ----3-3-
      Canberra             3   10013101
      Launceston           5   21123201
      Hobart               3   10013101    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 28 Jan :
      Macquarie Island     5   10014200
      Casey               10   33332112
      Mawson              13   32112235
      Davis                7   22132122

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

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 27 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              4   2101 1101     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
29 Jan    10    Quiet to Unsettled
30 Jan     9    Quiet to Unsettled
31 Jan     8    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: Quiet to Unsettled conditions observed for the AUS/NZ 
region for 28Jan. Quiet to Unsettled conditions expected for 
the next 3 days with possible isolated Active periods due to 
weak coronal hole effects.

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

PCA Event : No event.

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

COMMENT: Variable HF conditions observed again for 28Jan with 
notable enhancements and depressed MUFs in both northern and 
southern hemisphere. Similar HF conditions expected for the next 
3 days.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
28 Jan    -9

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      No data available.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 25% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 20% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Dec      -10
Jan      4
Feb      4

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
29 Jan    -5    Near predicted monthly values
30 Jan    -5    Near predicted monthly values
31 Jan    -5    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Depressed MUFs observed for Equatorial regions during 
local night and during local day for Northern and Southern AUS/NZ 
regions over the last 24 hours. Normal ionospheric support for 
Antarctic regions. Similar HF conditions are expected for the 
next 3 days with possible depressed MUF's of 10%-30% at times 
for Northern AUS and Southern AUS/NZ regions.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 27 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   3.4E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.6E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 7.10E+06   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A2.3

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 27 Jan
Speed: 433 km/sec  Density:    6.8 p/cc  Temp:   174000 K  Bz:  -1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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