[ips-dhfpr-euro] IPS Daily European HF Report 19 12 15 issued 0650 UT on 20 Dec 2015 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Regional Warning Centre]

SUBJ: IPS DAILY EUROPEAN HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 20/0630Z DEC 2015 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 19 12 15
Flares: none.
A moderate shock was observed in the solar wind at 1528UT on 19 Dec.
A weak (24nT) impulse was observed in the IPS magnetometer data at
1617UT on 19 Dec, and a weak (20nT) impulse was observed at 1803UT on
19 Dec.
PCA Event : No event.

Observed T index:    34

Observed European Region MUFS:
Depressed by 25% during local day. Depressed by 15% during local
night.

2. FORECAST FOR 20 12 2015

Forecast T index:   60
Forecast European Region MUFS:
Initially today: Near predicted monthly values.
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.

3. 7 DAY AVERAGE T INDEX AND FORECAST MONTHLY T INDEX

Average European T index over last 7 days:    40
IPS monthly forcast T index for DEC 2015:  63



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