[ips-dhfpr-euro] IPS Daily European HF Report 09 05 03

[Regional Warning Centre]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY EUROPEAN HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 10/0630Z MAY 2003 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 09 05 03
Flares: none.
A moderate shock was observed in the solar wind at 0455UT on 09 May.
A weak (25nT) impulse was observed in the IPS magnetomter data at
0519UT on 09 May, and a weak (27nT) impulse was observed at 0731UT on
09 May.
PCA Event : No event.

Observed T index:    43

Observed European Region MUFS:
Near predicted monthly values during local day, Depressed by 15%
during local night.

2. FORECAST FOR 10 05 2003

Forecast T index:    0
 
Forecast European Region MUFS:
Initially today: Depressed by 25%.
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.
A weak (14nT) impulse was observed in the IPS magnetomter data at
0253UT on 10 May.

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