[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 13 September 19 issued 2331 UT on 13 Sep 2019

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Sat Sep 14 09:31:30 EST 2019


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/13 SEPTEMBER 2019 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 13 SEPTEMBER AND FORECAST FOR 14 SEPTEMBER - 16 SEPTEMBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 13 Sep:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 13 Sep:  68/2


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             14 Sep             15 Sep             16 Sep
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 remained very low on UT day 13 September 
with no active regions on the visible disk. No active regions 
are expected to rotate onto the visible disk and very low solar 
activity is expected for the next three UT days, 14-16 September. 
No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in the available coronagraph 
imagery. During UT day 13 September, the solar wind speed varied 
in the range 440-510 km/s. The total IMF (Bt) varied between 
2 nT and 10 nT and the north-south component of the IMF (Bz) 
varied in the range +8/-6 nT. The solar wind speed is expected 
to be moderately elevated for the next two UT days, 14-15 September. 
ACE EPAM data indicates an energetic ion enhancement event beginning 
13/1855UT, which can be a precursor to increased geomagnetic 
activity over next 24-36 hours.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 13 Sep: Quiet

Estimated Indices 13 Sep : A   K           
   Australian Region       5   22212111
      Cocos Island         3   12211110
      Darwin               5   21212112
      Townsville           6   22312111
      Learmonth            5   22212210
      Alice Springs        5   22212111
      Gingin               4   22211120
      Canberra             4   12211210
      Launceston           6   22312211
      Hobart               5   12311210    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 13 Sep :
      Macquarie Island     4   12311100
      Casey               13   44431110
      Mawson              23   35533234

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 13 Sep : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin              20   (Quiet)
      Canberra            36   (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 13 Sep : A 
           Fredericksburg         7
           Planetary              8                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 12 Sep :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         7
           Planetary              6   1023 2112     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
14 Sep     8    Quiet to Unsettled
15 Sep     8    Quiet to Unsettled
16 Sep     8    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: Mostly quiet levels of geomagnetic activity were recorded 
in the Australian region on UT day 13 September. Mostly quiet 
to active levels were observed in the Antarctic region. Global 
geomagnetic activity is expected to be mostly at quiet to unsettled 
levels during the next three UT days, 14-16 September.

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

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
14 Sep      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
15 Sep      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
16 Sep      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair

COMMENT: Mostly normal HF propagation conditions are expected 
for UT days 14-16 September.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
13 Sep    -1

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Enhanced by 30% during local day.
      Enhanced by 25% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Mostly near predicted monthly values.
      Enhanced by 20% after local dawn.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Enhanced by 30% during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Aug      -3
Sep      -14
Oct      -16

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
14 Sep    -5    Near predicted monthly values
15 Sep    -5    Near predicted monthly values
16 Sep    -5    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies (MUFs) in the Australian 
region were mostly near predicted monthly values during UT day 
13 September. Mild to moderate enhancements were observed in 
Southern Australian region during local night and in Northern 
Australian region after local dawn. Sporadic-E and Spread-F occurrences 
were observed over some sites. For the next three UT days, 14-16 
September, MUFs are expected to be mostly near predicted monthly 
values.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 12 Sep
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   7.0E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  2.1E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.50E+08   (moderate fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:13%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A3.9

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 12 Sep
Speed: 411 km/sec  Density:    4.9 p/cc  Temp:    55200 K  Bz:   0 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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