[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 06 January 22 issued 2331 UT on 06 Jan 2022

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Fri Jan 7 10:31:21 EST 2022


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/06 JANUARY 2022 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: ** YELLOW **
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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:  94/40


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             07 Jan             08 Jan             09 Jan
Activity     Very low to low    Very low to low    Very low to low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    94/40              96/43              96/43

COMMENT: Solar activity was Very Low for 06Jan. There are currently 
two regions on the visible disk. Region 2924 (S33E29) is a region 
of interest and has increased in spot number and size since last 
report and since 18UT GOES x-ray flux average levels have increased 
to almost C level. Region 2925 (S65E62) remains unchanged. There 
were no Earth directed CMEs observed in LASCO imagery. The solar 
wind speed has remained at ambient levels of ~350km/s over the 
UT day. The north-south component of the IMF (Bz) was predominantly 
northward for the majority of the UT day reaching a a maximum 
of 5nT, with only brief southward excursions between 1330UT-2000UT 
reaching -3nT. Near background solar wind conditions are expected 
for 07Jan with chance of elevated solar wind speeds late in the 
UT day extending into 08Jan-09Jan due to coronal hole effects. 
Solar activity is expected to be Very Low to Low with possible 
C-class flux levels and chance of M-class flares due to recent 
developments in region 2924 for 07Jan-09Jan.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 06 Jan: Quiet

Estimated Indices 06 Jan : A   K           
   Australian Region       1   11100001
      Cocos Island         0   01000000
      Darwin               1   10100001
      Townsville           2   11110011
      Learmonth            1   11110000
      Alice Springs        0   00100001
      Gingin               0   10100000
      Canberra             1   11100001
      Hobart               0   00100000    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 06 Jan :
      Macquarie Island     0   00000000
      Casey                9   34321011
      Mawson               3   22010112

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 06 Jan : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               0   (Quiet)
      Canberra             0   (Quiet)
      Hobart               0   (Quiet)

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         3
           Planetary              4                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 05 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         3
           Planetary              2   0100 1000     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
07 Jan     8    Quiet to Unsettled
08 Jan    14    Unsettled to Active
09 Jan     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Geomagnetic conditions for the Australian region were 
Quiet for 06Jan. Unsettled to Active conditions were observed 
for Antarctic regions. Quiet to possible Unsettled/Active conditions 
are expected on 07 January due to chance of increased solar wind 
parameters due to coronal hole activity. Unsettled to Active 
levels possible for 08Jan and mostly Quiet conditions expected 
09Jan.

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

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-fair    Normal-poor
09 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair

COMMENT: HF conditions were mostly normal across all latitudes 
with occasional depressions for mid to high latitudes. Similar 
conditions expected for 07Jan with the chance of enhanced periods. 
Depressed MUFs possible for mid to high latitudes 08Jan-09Jan 
due to expected elevated geomagnetic activity.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
06 Jan    26

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Niue Island Region:
      No data available.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 20% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Dec      34
Jan      36
Feb      39

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
07 Jan    40    Near predicted monthly values
08 Jan    20    Near predicted monthly values
09 Jan    15    Depressed 15%/near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: MUFs in the Australian region for 06Jan were near predicted 
monthly values with some depressions of 15%-20% for Northern 
AUS and Southern AUS/NZ regions. Chance of similar conditions 
for 07Jan with periods of possible enhanced ionospheric support. 
For 08Jan-09Jan depressed MUFs of 10%-30% possible for Southern 
AUS/NZ regions and likely disturbed ionospheric support for Antarctic 
regions 08Jan-09Jan due to increased geomagnetic activity over 
this time.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 05 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   6.8E+04
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  4.5E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 4.10E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 6%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A8.8

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 05 Jan
Speed: 407 km/sec  Density:    4.4 p/cc  Temp:   106000 K  Bz:   1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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