[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 05 July 05

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Wed Jul 6 09:50:11 EST 2005


SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 05/2330Z JULY 2005 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 05 JULY AND FORECAST FOR 06 JULY - 08 JULY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 05 Jul:  Low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 05 Jul: 127/80


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             06 Jul             07 Jul             08 Jul
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN   130/84             125/78             120/72
COMMENT: Solar activity was low over the last 24 hours with only 
C-class activity. The largest event originated from region 786, 
with a C1.8 class flare at 0124UT. Regions 787 and 788 where 
also the source of low level C-class flares, with a faint partial 
halo CME associated with region 788's C1.3 class flare at 1500UT. 
Solar wind speed continued to decline from 440km/s at 0000UT 
to be 400km/s at the time of this report. The north-south component 
of the interplanetary magnetic field (Bz) flucatuated between 
+/-2nT over the UT day. Solar activity is expected to be low 
with only the slight chance of an M-class event. Region 786
displayed some small growth again in its sunpot size, while
region 783 showed signs of slight decay. There was no notable
change in magnetic complexity seen for any of the current regions. 



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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 05 Jul: Quiet 

Estimated Indices 05 Jul :  A   K           
   Australian Region       3   1112 2001
      Learmonth            3   1212 2001
      Culgoora             -   ---- ----
      Canberra             1   0011 2000
      Hobart               2   1111 2001
      Casey(Ant)           5   2222 1111
    
Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 05 Jul : 
      Townsville          NA
      Learmonth           NA
      Culgoora            NA
      Canberra           142   (Severe storm)
      Hobart               0   (Quiet)
Pc3 pulsations are high frequency (10-45 second period) variations 
of the Earths magnetic field. Daily pc3 indices are the daily sum 
of 20 minute pc3 indices for that station. 


Estimated AFr/Ap Indices 05 Jul : A 
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              6                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 04 Jul :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              7   1321 2222     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
06 Jul     7    Quiet 
07 Jul     7    Quiet 
08 Jul     8    Quiet to Unsettled 
COMMENT: Quiet conditions are expected over the next 2 days. 

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
05 Jul      Normal         Normal         Fair-poor      
PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
06 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal
07 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal
08 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal-Fair
COMMENT: Normal HF conditions observed over low-mid latitudes 
during the last 24 hours, with high latitudes experiencing periods 
of disturbance. Similar conditions expected for the next 2 days, 
with isolated periods of degradations at high latitudes. 
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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
05 Jul    42

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Equatorial PNG Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day,
      Enhanced by 30% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Southern Australian and New Zealand Region:
      Mostly near predicted monthly values,
      Enhanced by 25% after local dawn.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base):
      Enhanced by 25% over the UT day.

Predicted Monthly T index for July:  27

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
06 Jul    40    near predicted monthly values 
07 Jul    35    near predicted monthly values 
08 Jul    35    near predicted monthly values 
COMMENT: Good HF conditions expected for northern AUS regions 
for the next 2 days. Isolated degradations for Southern AUS/NZ 
regions are to be expected over the same forecast period. 
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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 04 Jul
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   5.2E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.4E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 4.30E+07 (normal fluence)  
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 6%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B2.8

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 04 Jul
Speed: 461 km/sec  Density:    2.1 p/cc  Temp:    70000 K  Bz:   1 nT

(Courtesy Space Environment Center, Boulder USA)
ACE data can be incorrect during strong proton events.
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