[ips-dhfpr-euro] IPS Daily European HF Report 18 05 02

[Regional Warning Centre]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY EUROPEAN HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 19/0630Z MAY 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 18 05 02
Flares: none.
A moderate shock was observed in the solar wind at 1918UT on 18 May.
A weak (23nT) impulse was observed in the IPS magnetomter data at
2009UT on 18 May.
PCA Event : No event.

Observed T index:    94

Observed European Region MUFS:
Near predicted monthly values.

2. FORECAST FOR 19 05 2002

Forecast T index:   80
 
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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