[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 26 October 19 issued 2331 UT on 26 Oct 2019

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Sun Oct 27 10:31:36 EST 2019


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/26 OCTOBER 2019 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 26 OCTOBER AND FORECAST FOR 27 OCTOBER - 29 OCTOBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:** YELLOW **     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 26 Oct:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 26 Oct:  69/3


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             27 Oct             28 Oct             29 Oct
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    68/2               68/2               68/2

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low over the UT day 26 October. 
There are currently no sunspots on the visible disc. One very 
weak CME (visible from 25/0912 UT, LASCO C2) was observed. This 
CME may have a very weak earthward directed component, but the 
possibility of any impact is very low. Through UT day 26 October, 
the solar wind speed first increased from 580 km/s to 662 km/s 
(17:31 UT) and then slowly decreased to 620 km/s (22:52 UT). 
During this day, the total IMF (Bt) varied between 3 nT and 10 
nT, the north-south component of IMF (Bz) between -9 nT and +4 
nT and the solar wind particle density between 1 ppcc and 3 ppcc. 
This strengthening in the solar wind parameters is associated 
with the continued effect of a recurrent positive polarity coronal 
hole. This strengthening in the solar wind stream is expected 
to continue through UT day 27 October and then gradually decline 
through UT days 28 and 29 October. Very low solar activity is 
expected for UT days, 27 to 29 October.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 26 Oct: Mostly quiet 
to active with isolated minor storm periods

Estimated Indices 26 Oct : A   K           
   Australian Region      15   23334422
      Cocos Island        11   22224421
      Darwin              14   33333422
      Townsville          16   33344322
      Learmonth           21   22335533
      Alice Springs       15   23334422
      Canberra            14   22344322
      Hobart              20   33435422    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 26 Oct :
      Macquarie Island    38   23566533
      Casey               23   35434433
      Mawson              59   55444766

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 26 Oct : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            9   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        2   (Quiet)
      Gingin              NA
      Canberra            21   (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 26 Oct : A 
           Fredericksburg        18
           Planetary             27                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 25 Oct :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        29
           Planetary             26   5454 3222     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
27 Oct    18    Unsettled to active
28 Oct    15    Mostly quiet to unsettled
29 Oct    10    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: Through UT day 26 October, the geomagnetic activity 
for the Australian/NZ region was at quiet to active levels with 
isolated minor storm periods. In the Antarctic regions, the geomagnetic 
activity varied from quiet to minor storm levels with isolated 
major storm periods. These rises in geomagnetic activity levels 
are due to the high speed solar wind stream from a recurrent 
positive polarity coronal hole. Due to the continued effect of 
this coronal hole, global geomagnetic activity may show enhancements 
to active levels on UT day 27 October and then gradually decrease 
to unsettled and then quiet levels through UT days 28 and 29 
October.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
26 Oct      Normal-fair    Fair           Fair-poor      

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
27 Oct      Normal-fair    Fair           Fair
28 Oct      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Fair
29 Oct      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair

COMMENT: MUFs stayed mostly near predicted monthly values through 
UT day 26 October with some periods of minor to mild MUF depressions 
as well as periods of minor to mild enhancements. Minor to mild 
MUF depressions in the mid- to high-latitude regions may be expected 
through UT days 27 and 28 October. Mostly normal MUFs may be 
expected through UT day 29 October.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
26 Oct   -38

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Enhanced by 20% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 25% during local day.
      Depressed by 25% during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Sep      -5
Oct      -15
Nov      -16

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
27 Oct   -25    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 15 to 
                30%
28 Oct   -20    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                20%
29 Oct   -15    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: MUFs stayed mostly near predicted monthly values in 
the Australian regions through UT day 26 October with some periods 
of minor to mild MUF depressions as well as periods of minor 
to mild enhancements. Minor to mild MUF depressions in the Australian 
regions may be expected through UT days 27 and 28 October. Mostly 
normal MUFs may be expected in this region through UT day 29 
October.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 25 Oct
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   4.2E+06
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  2.1E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 4.90E+08   (moderate fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:23%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A6.8

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 25 Oct
Speed:NA km/sec  Density: NA p/cc  Temp: NA K  Bz: NA nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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