[ips-dhfpr-euro] ASWFC Daily European HF Report 17 01 26 issued 0650 UT on 18 Jan 2026 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

[Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre]

SUBJ: ASWFC DAILY EUROPEAN HF PROPAGATION REPORT
ISSUED AT 18/0630Z JAN 2026 
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 01 26
Flares    Max     Fadeout    Freq.  Sectors
  M2.1    1029UT  possible   lower  European
  M1.1    2351UT  possible   lower  West Pacific

A weak (14nT) impulse was observed in the SWS magnetometer data at
0610UT on 17 Jan.
PCA Event : No event.

Observed T index:    70

Observed European Region MUFS:
Near predicted monthly values.

2. FORECAST FOR 18 01 2026

Forecast T index:   50
Forecast European Region MUFS:
Initially today: Near predicted monthly values.
Rest of day: Depressed 15%
COMMENT:Degraded HF conditions expected due to geomagnetic activity.

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

Average European T index over last 7 days:    66
ASWFC monthly forcast T index for JAN 2026:  89



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