[ips-dhfpr-euro] IPS Daily European HF Report 29 09 01

[Regional Warning Centre]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY EUROPEAN HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 30/0630Z SEP 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 29 09 01
Flares    Max     Fadeout    Freq.  Sectors
 M1/1F 28/2125UT  possible   lower  East Pacific/
                                    North American
ACE EPAM data indicates an energetic ion enhancement event beginning
29/0835UT, which can be a precursor to increased geomagnetic activity
over next 24-36 hours.
A moderate shock was observed in the solar wind at 0905UT on 29 Sep.
A weak (25nT) impulse was observed in the IPS magnetomter data at
0939UT on 29 Sep.
PCA Event : 10Mev Proton/PCA Event Began 24 09 2001 1235UT and is in
progress

Observed T index:   133

Observed European Region MUFS:
Near predicted monthly values.

2. FORECAST FOR 30 09 2001

Forecast T index:  130
 
Forecast European Region MUFS:
Initially today: Near predicted monthly values.
Rest of day: becoming depressed 15% at times later in UT day
COMMENT:Degraded HF conditions expected due to geomagnetic activity.

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