[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 06 January 21 issued 2330 UT on 06 Jan 2021

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Thu Jan 7 10:30:08 EST 2021


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/06 JANUARY 2021 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 06 JANUARY AND FORECAST FOR 07 JANUARY - 09 JANUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 06 Jan:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 06 Jan:  74/11


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             07 Jan             08 Jan             09 Jan
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    74/11              74/11              74/11

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low on UT day 06 January and 
expected to continue at very low levels for the next 3 UT days, 
07 to 09 January. There are no active regions on the visible 
disc and no Earth directed CMEs were observed in the available 
images. The CME of 06/4:24 UT does not seem to have any Earthward 
component. On UT day 06 January, the solar wind speed initially 
increased from 430 km/s to 630 km/s by around 07:00 UT and then 
gradually decreased to 510 km/s by 23:00 UT. Through this day, 
the total IMF (Bt) first increased from 10 nT to 17 nT by 02:30 
UT and then gradually decreased to 4 nT by 23:00 UT, while the 
north-south component of IMF (Bz) varied in the range +7/-8 nT 
during this time. Solar wind parameters are expected to show 
gradual weakening over the next three UT days, 07 to 09 January.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 06 Jan: Quiet to Unsettled

Estimated Indices 06 Jan : A   K           
   Australian Region      10   33332211
      Cocos Island         6   32222110
      Darwin              10   33332212
      Townsville          11   33332222
      Learmonth           10   33332212
      Alice Springs       10   33332211
      Gingin              12   43332222
      Canberra             8   32332111
      Hobart              10   33332211    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 06 Jan :
      Macquarie Island    14   32254220
      Casey               30   55643322
      Mawson              27   54533344

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 06 Jan : 
      Darwin               3   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin              10   (Quiet)
      Canberra            16   (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 06 Jan : A 
           Fredericksburg        14
           Planetary             16                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 05 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         9
           Planetary             10   1110 5312     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
07 Jan    10    Mostly quiet to unsettled, isolated active periods 
                possible
08 Jan     8    Quiet to Unsettled
09 Jan     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Geomagnetic activity was at quiet to unsettled level 
in the Australian regions and quiet to minor storm levels in 
the Antarctic regions on UT day 06 January. Global geomagnetic 
activity may be expected to vary mostly from quiet to unsettled 
levels with the possibility of isolated active periods through 
UT day 07 January and quiet to unsettled levels through 08 January. 
Quiet levels of geomagnetic activity may be expected on UT day 
09 January.

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

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
07 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
08 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal
09 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal

COMMENT: Through UT day 07 January, MUFs were mostly near predicted 
monthly values with some periods of minor depressions as well 
as minor enhancements. MUFs are expected to be near predicted 
monthly values for the next three UT days, 07 to 09 January.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
06 Jan    14

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Enhanced by 20% during local day.
      Depressed by 25% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Enhanced by 20% during local night.
   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
Dec      11
Jan      9
Feb      11

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
07 Jan     8    Near predicted monthly values
08 Jan     8    Near predicted monthly values
09 Jan     8    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Through UT day 07 January, MUFs in the Australian region 
were mostly near predicted monthly values with some periods of 
minor depressions as well as minor enhancements. MUFs in the 
Australian region are expected to be near predicted monthly values 
for the next three UT days, 07 to 09 January.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 05 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   5.4E+06
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  4.5E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 5.40E+06   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A2.0

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 05 Jan
Speed: 363 km/sec  Density:   11.2 p/cc  Temp:   103000 K  Bz:   2 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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