[ips-dhfpr-euro] IPS Daily European HF Report 20 11 02

[Regional Warning Centre]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY EUROPEAN HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 21/0630Z NOV 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 20 11 02
Flares    Max     Fadeout    Freq.  Sectors
 M1/SN    1807UT  possible   lower  East Pacific/
                                    North American
A possible weak shock was observed in the solar wind at 1020UT on 20
Nov.
A weak (13nT) impulse was observed in the IPS magnetomter data at
1108UT on 20 Nov.
PCA Event : No event.

Observed T index:    94

Observed European Region MUFS:
Near predicted monthly values.

2. FORECAST FOR 21 11 2002

Forecast T index:   30
 
Forecast European Region MUFS:
Initially today: Depressed by 20%.
Rest of day: Depressed 30-40%
COMMENT:Strongly degraded HF conditions expected due to geomagnetic
activity. The geomagnetic field was disturbed during the first 6
hours of the forecast day.


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