[ips-dhfpr-euro] SWS Daily European HF Report 17 08 22 issued 0650 UT on 18 Aug 2022 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

[Regional Warning Centre]

SUBJ: SWS DAILY EUROPEAN HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 18/0630Z AUG 2022 
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING CENTRE
EUROPEAN REGION SUMMARY AND FORECAST
MUF SUMMARY/FORECAST INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT IS AUTOMATICALLY
GENERATED FROM REGIONAL IONOSPHERIC DATA

1. SUMMARY FOR 17 08 22
Flares    Max     Fadeout    Freq.  Sectors
  M2.0    1345UT  possible   lower  European
  M1.1    1453UT  possible   lower  South American/
                                    Atlantic
A possible weak shock was observed in the solar wind at 0214UT on 17
Aug.
A weak (9nT) impulse was observed in the SWS magnetometer data at
0259UT on 17 Aug.
PCA Event : No event.

Observed T index:    98

Observed European Region MUFS:
Near predicted monthly values during local day. Enhanced by 20%
during local night. Enhanced by 20% after local dawn.

2. FORECAST FOR 18 08 2022

Forecast T index:   50
Forecast European Region MUFS:
Initially today: Near predicted monthly values.
Rest of day: Depressed 15%/near predicted monthly values
COMMENT:Strongly degraded HF conditions expected later in UT day due
to geomagnetic activity.

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

Average European T index over last 7 days:    77
SWS monthly forcast T index for AUG 2022:  67



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