[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 08 December 19 issued 2331 UT on 08 Dec 2019

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Mon Dec 9 10:31:29 EST 2019


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/08 DECEMBER 2019 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 08 DECEMBER AND FORECAST FOR 09 DECEMBER - 11 DECEMBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 08 Dec:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 08 Dec:  72/8


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             09 Dec             10 Dec             11 Dec
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    70/5               70/5               70/5

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low for UT day 08 December. 
There are currently no sunspots on the visible disc. Very low 
levels of solar activity are expected for the next three UT days, 
09-11 December. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in the available 
coronagraph imagery. During the last 24 hours, the solar wind 
speed varied mostly between 350 to 390 km/s. The total IMF (Bt) 
varied between 2 nT and 5 nT. The north-south component of IMF, 
Bz, varied between -4 nT and +4 nT, staying continuously southwards 
from 1700 UT to 2100 UT. The solar wind density ranged from 3 
to 9 ppcc. Due to the effect of a coronal hole in the southern 
hemisphere, the solar wind speed may show slight enhancements 
on UT day 09 December. Solar wind is then expected to decline 
to normal values through UT day, 10 December and then stay at 
nominal levels on 11 December.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 08 Dec: Quiet

Estimated Indices 08 Dec : A   K           
   Australian Region       3   11101112
      Cocos Island         1   10101011
      Darwin               3   11101112
      Townsville           3   11101112
      Learmonth            2   10111111
      Alice Springs        2   11101012
      Gingin               2   10101111
      Canberra             2   11100112
      Hobart               2   11200012    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 08 Dec :
      Macquarie Island     1   11100001
      Casey               11   33422122
      Mawson              14   22313235

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 08 Dec : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               0   (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 08 Dec : A 
           Fredericksburg         2
           Planetary              4                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 07 Dec :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         1
           Planetary              1   0000 0001     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
09 Dec     7    Mostly quiet, isolated unsettled periods possible
10 Dec     5    Quiet
11 Dec     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Geomagnetic activity was at quiet levels in the Australian 
region and mostly quiet with isolated unsettled periods in the 
Antarctic regions on UT day 08 December. Global geomagnetic activity 
is expected to be mostly at quiet levels for the next three UT 
days, 09-11 December with the possibility of some unsettled periods 
on 09 December.

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

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
09 Dec      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Fair
10 Dec      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Normal-fair
11 Dec      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Normal-fair

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies (MUFs) were mostly near predicted 
monthly values to moderately depressed on UT day 08 December. 
Strong sporadic E were observed at mid and high latitudes. Mildly 
to moderately depressed to near predicted monthly MUFs are expected 
for the next three UT days, 09-11 December.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
08 Dec   -27

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Depressed by 20% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Depressed by 40% during local day.
      Depressed by 25% during local night.
      Depressed by 20% after local dawn.
   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
Nov      -30
Dec      -16
Jan      -17

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
09 Dec   -35    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 15 to 
                35%
10 Dec   -30    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                25%
11 Dec   -30    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                25%

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies (MUFs) were mostly near predicted 
monthly values to moderately depressed on UT day 08 December. 
Strong sporadic E were observed at mid and high latitudes. Mildly 
to moderately depressed to near predicted monthly MUFs are expected 
over the Australian region during UT days, 09-11 December.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 07 Dec
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   4.3E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  2.3E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 5.30E+06   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A7.8

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 07 Dec
Speed: 363 km/sec  Density:    3.4 p/cc  Temp:    55200 K  Bz:   0 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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