[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 05 October 20 issued 2331 UT on 05 Oct 2020

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Tue Oct 6 10:31:31 EST 2020


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/05 OCTOBER 2020 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 05 OCTOBER AND FORECAST FOR 06 OCTOBER - 08 OCTOBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 05 Oct:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 05 Oct:  72/8


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             06 Oct             07 Oct             08 Oct
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 on UT day 05 October. There 
are currently no numbered regions on the visible solar disk. 
Very low levels of solar activity are expected for the next three 
UT days, 06-08 October. No CMEs were observed in the available 
coronagraph imagery. During 05 October, the solar wind speed 
was near its background levels, varying in the range 320-380 
km/s. The total IMF (Bt) reached 9 nT and the north-south IMF 
component (Bz) range was 3 to -9 nT with a mild sustained southward 
Bz between 05/1649UT-05/2125UT. During the next three UT days, 
06-08 October, the solar wind speed is expected to remain mostly 
near its background levels.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 05 Oct: Quiet to Active

Estimated Indices 05 Oct : A   K           
   Australian Region      10   11213342
      Cocos Island         8   10203341
      Darwin               9   12213332
      Townsville          11   12223342
      Learmonth           10   12213342
      Alice Springs        8   11213332
      Gingin              12   11213352
      Canberra             9   11213341
      Hobart               8   01113341    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 05 Oct :
      Macquarie Island    12   00024531
      Casey               11   22323242
      Mawson              27   31212473

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 05 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 05 Oct : A 
           Fredericksburg         7
           Planetary             10                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 04 Oct :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         3
           Planetary              3   1101 2101     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
06 Oct    12    Quiet to Unsettled
07 Oct     7    Quiet
08 Oct     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Quiet to active conditions were observed in the Australian 
region with storm levels occurred in the Antarctic region on 
UT day 05 October. These disturbed conditions were in response 
to the southward IMF Bz conditions. Global conditions are expected 
to be mostly quiet to unsettled today, 06 October. Mostly quiet 
conditions are expected on UT days 07-08 October.

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

PCA Event : No event.

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

COMMENT: Mostly normal HF propagation conditions are expected 
for the next three UT days, 06-08 October.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
05 Oct    -7

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Enhanced by 20% during local day.
      Enhanced by 25% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      No data available.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Enhanced by 20% 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      -2
Oct      -13
Nov      -14

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
06 Oct    -5    Near predicted monthly values
07 Oct    -5    Near predicted monthly values
08 Oct    -5    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: MUFs in the Australian and Antarctic regions were mostly 
near predicted monthly values to slightly enhanced on UT day 
05 October. MUFs in the Australian region are expected to be 
mostly near predicted monthly values on UT days 06-08 October.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 04 Oct
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   6.6E+04
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  4.7E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.40E+09   (very high fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:33%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A3.9

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 04 Oct
Speed: 389 km/sec  Density:    2.9 p/cc  Temp:    92100 K  Bz:  -2 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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