[ips-dhfpr-euro] IPS Daily European HF Report 22 04 02

[Regional Warning Centre]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY EUROPEAN HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 23/0630Z APR 2002 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 22 04 02
Flares: none.


PCA Event : 10Mev Proton/PCA Event Began 21 04 2002 0235UT and is in
progress

Observed T index:   112

Observed European Region MUFS:
Near predicted monthly values.

2. FORECAST FOR 23 04 2002

Forecast T index:   95
 
Forecast European Region MUFS:
Initially today: Near predicted monthly values.
Rest of day: becoming depressed 15 to 20% later in UT day
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 (64nT) impulse was observed in the IPS magnetomter data at
0449UT on 23 Apr.

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