[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 06 April 19 issued 2344 UT on 06 Apr 2019 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/06 APRIL 2019 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 06 APRIL AND FORECAST FOR 07 APRIL - 09 APRIL
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 06 Apr:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 06 Apr:  74/11


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             07 Apr             08 Apr             09 Apr
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    74/11              74/11              74/11

COMMENT: Solar activity was Very Low for 06Apr. No Earth directed 
CMEs were observed in the available imagery and there are no 
numbered regions on the visible disc. The solar wind speed (Vsw) 
has been elevated over the last few days due to the influence 
of high speed solar wind streams from a group of small negative 
polarity coronal holes. Vsw was 521km/s at 00UT reaching a maximum 
of 530km/s at 0157UT before gradually declining to be 433km/s 
at the time of this report. The north-south component of the 
IMF (Bz) ranged between +2nT and -3nT with no significant sustained 
southward Bz periods. Solar wind speed is expected to remain 
elevated over the next 12-24 hours. Solar activity is expected 
to remain Very Low for the next 3 UT days, with only slight chance 
for C-class flares.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 06 Apr: Quiet

Estimated Indices 06 Apr : A   K           
   Australian Region       4   22121011
      Cocos Island         1   11101010
      Darwin               3   21111011
      Townsville           4   12121111
      Learmonth            4   22122020
      Alice Springs        4   22121011
      Culgoora             3   12121110
      Gingin               4   21121021
      Canberra             3   12121010
      Launceston           6   22231111
      Hobart               5   12231110    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 06 Apr :
      Macquarie Island     3   12220000
      Casey               13   34431122
      Mawson              33   34232275
      Davis               13   33432123

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 06 Apr : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville          NA
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               4   (Quiet)
      Canberra             5   (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 06 Apr : A 
           Fredericksburg         9
           Planetary             10                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 05 Apr :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        10
           Planetary             12   3322 3332     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
07 Apr    11    Unsettled
08 Apr     8    Quiet to Unsettled
09 Apr     6    Quiet

COMMENT: Quiet geomagnetic conditions were observed for AUS/NZ 
regions on 06Apr with Unsettled to Active conditions observed 
for Antarctic regions. Quiet to Unsettled conditions are expected 
for 07Apr with the chance of isolated Active periods for Southern 
AUS/NZ regions and Minor Storm periods for Antarctic regions 
due coronal hole effects. Mostly Quiet conditions with possible 
Unsettled periods expected for 08Apr-09Apr.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
06 Apr      Normal         Normal         Fair           

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
07 Apr      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
08 Apr      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
09 Apr      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair

COMMENT: Variable HF conditions were observed for 06Apr, with 
Low latitude enhancements to mildly depressed MUFs at Mid latitudes 
and periods of disturbed ionospheric support for High latitudes. 
Similar HF conditions are expected for the next 24hours with 
improving ionospheric support for high to mid latitudes 08Apr-09Apr.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
06 Apr    -9

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Enhanced by 25% during local day.
      Enhanced by 35% during local night.
      Enhanced by 20% after local dawn.
   Niue Island Region:
      No data available.
   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
Mar      -7
Apr      -12
May      -12

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
07 Apr   -10    Near predicted monthly values
08 Apr    -5    Near predicted monthly values
09 Apr    -5    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Variable HF conditions were observed for 06Apr with 
enhanced conditions for Equatorial regions during local day and 
night. Depressed MUFs observed for Northern Australian and Southern 
AUS/NZ regions during local day. Disturbed ionospheric support 
for Antarctic regions. Similar conditions are expected for the 
next 24 hours with the chance of notable MUF depressions for 
Northern AUS and Southern AUS/NZ regions. Improved ionospheric 
support is expected for mid-high latitudes 08Apr-09Apr.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 05 Apr
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   7.4E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.8E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.90E+08   (moderate fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:15%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: <A1.0

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 05 Apr
Speed: 496 km/sec  Density:    6.2 p/cc  Temp:   217000 K  Bz:  -1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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