[ips-dhfpr-euro] IPS Daily European HF Report 28 12 01

[Regional Warning Centre]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY EUROPEAN HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 29/0630Z DEC 2001 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
EUROPEAN REGION SUMMARY AND FORECAST
MUF SUMMARY/FORECAST INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT IS AUTOMATICALLY
GENERATED FROM REGIONAL IONOSPHERIC DATA

1. SUMMARY FOR 28 12 01
Flares    Max     Fadeout    Freq.  Sectors
  X3.4    2045UT  probable   all    East Pacific/
                                    North American
 M4/SF    0351UT  possible   lower  E. Asia/Aust.


PCA Event : 10Mev Proton/PCA Event Began 29 12 2001 0530UT and is in
progress

Observed T index:   134

Observed European Region MUFS:
Mostly near predicted monthly values, Enhanced by 30% after local
dawn.

2. FORECAST FOR 29 12 2001

Forecast T index:  130
 
Forecast European Region MUFS:
Initially today: Near predicted monthly values.
Rest of day: Depressed 15%
COMMENT:Strongly degraded HF conditions expected due to geomagnetic
activity. The geomagnetic field was disturbed during the first 6
hours of the forecast day.
A moderate (78nT) impulse was observed in the IPS magnetomter data at
0539UT on 29 Dec.

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