[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 09 January 15 issued 2334 UT on 09 Jan 2015

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Sat Jan 10 10:34:22 EST 2015


SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/09 JANUARY 2015 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 09 JANUARY AND FORECAST FOR 10 JANUARY - 12 JANUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:** YELLOW **   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 09 Jan:  Low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 09 Jan: 151/106


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             10 Jan             11 Jan             12 Jan
Activity     Low to moderate    Low to moderate    Low to moderate
Fadeouts     Possible           Possible           Possible
10.7cm/SSN   155/109            160/114            170/124

COMMENT: Solar activity was Low over the last 24 hours with the 
largest event being a C9.6 flare from region 2257 (N07W29) at 
0817UT. Region 2257 continues to show signs of growth while all 
other regions currently on the visible disk remained stable. 
Consistent with the recent coronal hole high speed solar wind 
stream rotating past the earth, solar wind speed has begun a 
gradual decline from ~475km/s at 00UT to be ~400km/s at the time 
of this report. Bz ranged between +/-6nT with no significant 
sustained southward excursions. Solar activity is expected to 
be at Low levels for the next three days with the chance of M-class 
flares and slight chance of an X-class event.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 09 Jan: Quiet

Estimated Indices 09 Jan : A   K           
   Australian Region       6   22222112
      Cocos Island         4   22211110
      Darwin               5   31211112
      Townsville           7   32222122
      Learmonth            -   --------
      Alice Springs        4   22211002
      Norfolk Island       4   21212012
      Culgoora             5   21222022
      Gingin               6   32222101
      Camden               7   22322022
      Canberra             4   21212011
      Hobart               7   22322112    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 09 Jan :
      Macquarie Island     7   22233111
      Casey               20   55432222
      Mawson              15   43433321

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 09 Jan : 
      Darwin               6   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth           NA
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               4   (Quiet)
      Canberra            14   (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 and have been shown to be
well correlated with rejection of high resolution aeromagnetic
survey flight-line data. 

NOTE: Indices may have been generated from data obtained in 
cooperation with the following organisations: Geoscience Australia, 
University of Newcastle Space Physics Group, Australian Government 
Antarctic Division and International Center for Space Weather 
Science and Education, Japan.


Estimated AFr/Ap Indices 09 Jan : A 
           Fredericksburg         9
           Planetary             12                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 08 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        15
           Planetary             12   3522 3212     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
10 Jan     7    Quiet
11 Jan     6    Quiet
12 Jan     6    Quiet

COMMENT: Quiet geomagnetic conditions observed over the last 
24 hours. Quiet conditions are expected for the next 3 days.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
09 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
10 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal
11 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal
12 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal

COMMENT: Normal to Enhanced MUF's observed for low to high latitudes. 
Some periods of disturbed ionospheric support for high latitudes. 
Similar conditions are expected for the next 3 days.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
09 Jan   116

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Enhanced by 15% during local day.
      Enhanced by 30% during local night.
      Enhanced by 20% after local dawn.
   Southern Australian and New Zealand Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Dec      106
Jan      89
Feb      89

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
10 Jan   120    Near to 15% above predicted monthly values
11 Jan   125    Near to 15% above predicted monthly values
12 Jan   125    Near to 15% above predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Enhanced HF conditions observed across all regions during 
the last 24 hours. MUF's are expected to be near predicted monthly 
values with enhancements of 10%-20% at times and occasional disturbed 
ionospheric support for Antarctic regions for the next 3 days.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 08 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   3.9E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.1E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.50E+06   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B8.0

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 08 Jan
Speed: 467 km/sec  Density:    2.8 p/cc  Temp:   148000 K  Bz:   0 nT

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