[Ips-dsgr] IPS Daily Report - 08 January 16 issued 2330 UT on 08 Jan 2016 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Sat Jan 9 10:30:25 EST 2016


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/08 JANUARY 2016 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 08 JANUARY AND FORECAST FOR 09 JANUARY - 11 JANUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 08 Jan:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 08 Jan: 109/59


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             09 Jan             10 Jan             11 Jan
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN   108/58             105/54             100/48

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low over the last 24 hours. 
Low solar activity is expected for the next 3 days. No Earth-directed 
CMEs were observed. The solar wind speed has declined to around 
480 km/s. The total IMF strength remained around 5 nT, while 
the Bz component fluctuated between +/-4 nT. The solar wind speed 
should decline further over the next few days.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 08 Jan: Quiet to Unsettled

Estimated Indices 08 Jan : A   K           
   Australian Region       6   11233111
      Cocos Island         5   21123111
      Darwin               4   10123111
      Townsville           7   11233112
      Learmonth            8   21233122
      Alice Springs        5   11123112
      Norfolk Island       6   11133022
      Culgoora             7   11233112
      Gingin               6   20133111
      Camden               7   21233111
      Canberra             6   11233111
      Melbourne            6   11233111
      Launceston           8   21233212
      Hobart               7   21233111    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 08 Jan :
      Macquarie Island    14   10255211
      Casey               21   35543222
      Mawson              17   43343224

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 08 Jan : 
      Darwin              NA
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               0   (Quiet)
      Canberra             0   (Quiet)
      Melbourne           11   (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 08 Jan : A 
           Fredericksburg         8
           Planetary              9                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 07 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        11
           Planetary             10   4223 2211     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
09 Jan     8    Quiet to Unsettled
10 Jan     5    Quiet
11 Jan     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Magnetic conditions were quiet to unsettled across the 
Australian region on 8-Jan. Some active and storm periods were 
observed in the Antarctic. Similar conditions are expected on 
9-Jan, with quiet conditions from 10 Jan.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
08 Jan      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Normal-fair    

PCA Event : No event.

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

COMMENT: Periods of mildly degraded HF communications conditions 
are possible on 9-Jan.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
08 Jan    61

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Southern Australian 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      55
Jan      61
Feb      61

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
09 Jan    55    Near predicted monthly values
10 Jan    55    Near predicted monthly values
11 Jan    55    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: MUFs were mostly near predicted monthly values on 8-Jan. 
Periods of sporadic-E were observed. MUFs are expected be near 
monthly predicted values for the next 3 days, with mildly degraded 
conditions at times on 9-Jan.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 07 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   1.5E+06
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.2E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.70E+08   (moderate fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:14%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B2.8

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 07 Jan
Speed:NA km/sec  Density: NA p/cc  Temp: NA K  Bz: NA nT

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