[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 26 January 15 issued 2342 UT on 26 Jan 2015

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Tue Jan 27 10:42:52 EST 2015


SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/26 JANUARY 2015 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 26 JANUARY AND FORECAST FOR 27 JANUARY - 29 JANUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:** YELLOW **   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 26 Jan:  Low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 26 Jan: 147/101


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             27 Jan             28 Jan             29 Jan
Activity     Low to moderate    Low to moderate    Low to moderate
Fadeouts     Possible           Possible           Possible
10.7cm/SSN   155/109            160/114            160/114

COMMENT: Solar activity reached Moderate levels over the last 
24 hours with an M1 X-ray flare from region 12268(S10E35). A 
period of IMF southward of up to -15nT occurred between around 
06UT and 11UT. This is likely due to a CIR ahead of the expected 
high speed wind stream although the wind speed is currently remaining 
below 400 km/s. Further mild Bz events may be expected over the 
next 24-48 hours. Further M class flares may occur over the next 
few days but conditions are most likely to be at Low levels.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 26 Jan: Quiet to Active

Estimated Indices 26 Jan : A   K           
   Australian Region      14   33343322
      Cocos Island         9   22332320
      Darwin              14   23343323
      Townsville           -   --------
      Learmonth           13   23343322
      Alice Springs       13   23343321
      Norfolk Island      12   23343222
      Culgoora            14   33343322
      Gingin              16   33343430
      Camden              14   33343322
      Canberra            12   33333321
      Launceston          16   33344322
      Hobart              14   33334322    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 26 Jan :
      Macquarie Island    21   22455331
      Casey               29   35653322
      Mawson              31   44453553
      Davis               37   44565352

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 26 Jan : 
      Darwin               6   (Quiet)
      Townsville          NA
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               4   (Quiet)
      Canberra             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 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 26 Jan : A 
           Fredericksburg        12
           Planetary             16                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 25 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         3
           Planetary              4   1000 1212     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
27 Jan    12    Unsettled to Active
28 Jan     8    Quiet to Unsettled
29 Jan     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Magnetic conditions were mostly Quiet with an active 
period between 08-14UT. Unsettled conditions with a chance of 
isolated Active periods are expected for the next 2 days before 
returning to mostly Quiet.

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

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
27 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
28 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
29 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal


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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
26 Jan   104

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Enhanced by 15% during local night.
   Southern Australian and New Zealand Region:
      Mostly near predicted monthly values.
      Depressed by 20% after local dawn.
   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
27 Jan    90    Near predicted monthly values
28 Jan    90    Near predicted monthly values
29 Jan    90    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Australian region HF propagation conditions are expected 
to be mostly near predicted monthly values for the next few days. 
Depressions of up to 20% are being observed in Southern Australia 
most probably due to overnight mild geomagnetic activity. This 
may persist for the local daylight hours however it is not expected 
to worsen as geomagnetic activity is not ongoing.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 25 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   2.2E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.2E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 4.00E+06   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B4.3

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 25 Jan
Speed: 354 km/sec  Density:    5.9 p/cc  Temp:    45400 K  Bz:   0 nT

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