[ips-dhfpr-euro] IPS Daily European HF Report 27 02 02

[Regional Warning Centre]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY EUROPEAN HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 28/0630Z FEB 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 27 02 02
Flares    Max     Fadeout    Freq.  Sectors
 M1/SF    1558UT  possible   lower  South American/
                                    Atlantic


PCA Event : No event.

Observed T index:   166

Observed European Region MUFS:
Enhanced by 15% during local day, Enhanced by 35% during local night.
Enhanced by 45% after local dawn.

2. FORECAST FOR 28 02 2002

Forecast T index:  190
 
Forecast European Region MUFS:
Initially today: Enhanced by 35%.
Rest of day: Near predicted monthly values
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 weak (26nT) impulse was observed in the IPS magnetomter data at
0451UT on 28 Feb.

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