[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 03 October 20 issued 2331 UT on 03 Oct 2020

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Sun Oct 4 10:31:46 EST 2020


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/03 OCTOBER 2020 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 03 OCTOBER AND FORECAST FOR 04 OCTOBER - 06 OCTOBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 03 Oct:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 03 Oct:  72/8


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             04 Oct             05 Oct             06 Oct
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    72/8               72/8               70/5

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low on UT day 03 October. No 
Earthbound CMEs were observed in the available coronagraph data. 
Through UT day 03 October, the solar wind speed showed a gradual 
decline from around 500 km/s to 400 km/s, the total IMF (Bt) 
varied between 3 and 4 nT, the IMF north-south component (Bz) 
varied in the range +3/-3 nT and the solar wind particle density 
gradually decreased from around 8 to 3 ppcc. Very low solar activity 
is expected for the next three UT days, 04 to 06 October. Solar 
wind parameters are expected to continue to settle down to nominal 
values as the influence of the coronal hole further wanes.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 03 Oct: Quiet

Estimated Indices 03 Oct : A   K           
   Australian Region       3   11121111
      Cocos Island         2   11110110
      Darwin               3   11121111
      Townsville           4   11121211
      Learmonth            4   21121111
      Alice Springs        3   10121111
      Gingin               3   21120111
      Canberra             2   11120100
      Hobart               2   11120110    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 03 Oct :
      Macquarie Island     3   10130100
      Casey               10   34322121
      Mawson              16   42233144

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 03 Oct : 
      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 03 Oct : A 
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              6                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 02 Oct :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              8   2323 2122     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
04 Oct     5    Quiet
05 Oct     5    Quiet
06 Oct     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Quiet geomagnetic conditions were observed in the Australian 
region on UT day 03 October. Mostly quiet to unsettled levels 
occurred in the Antarctic region with isolated active periods. 
Global geomagnetic conditions are expected to be mostly at quiet 
levels for the next three UT days, 04 to 06 October.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
03 Oct      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
04 Oct      Normal         Normal         Normal
05 Oct      Normal         Normal         Normal
06 Oct      Normal         Normal         Normal

COMMENT: MUFs were near predicted monthly values on UT day 03 
October. MUFs are expected to be near predicted monthly values 
on UT days 04 to 06 October.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
03 Oct   -16

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Sep      -2
Oct      -13
Nov      -14

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
04 Oct    -8    Near predicted monthly values
05 Oct    -8    Near predicted monthly values
06 Oct    -8    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: MUFs in the Australian region were near predicted monthly 
values on UT day 03 October. MUFs in the Australian region are 
expected to be near predicted monthly values on UT days 04 to 
06 October.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 02 Oct
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   9.1E+04
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  4.6E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.50E+09   (very high fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:34%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A3.8

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 02 Oct
Speed: 505 km/sec  Density:    7.4 p/cc  Temp:   310000 K  Bz:  -1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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