[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 23 September 16 issued 2349 UT on 23 Sep 2016 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Sat Sep 24 09:49:46 EST 2016


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/23 SEPTEMBER 2016 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 23 SEPTEMBER AND FORECAST FOR 24 SEPTEMBER - 26 SEPTEMBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 23 Sep:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 23 Sep:  86/29


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             24 Sep             25 Sep             26 Sep
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    85/27              90/34              90/34

COMMENT: Solar flare activity was Very Low over the last 24 hours 
with region 2592 (N13W38) the source of a B6.2 flare at 0525UT. 
There were no earth directed CME's observed in the available 
imagery. The solar wind speed continued to decline from ~450km/s 
at 00UT to be 390km/s at the time of this report. The north-south 
component of the IMF (Bz) was predominantly northward for most 
of the UT day, ranging between -1nT and 6nT. Solar wind speed 
is expected to remain at ambient levels for the next 48 hours. 
Possible increase in solar wind speed on 26Sep due to a recurrent 
high speed solar wind stream from an equatorial located positive 
polarity coronal hole. Solar activity is expected to be Very 
Low over the next 3 days with a small chance of a weak C class 
flare.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 23 Sep: Quiet

Estimated Indices 23 Sep : A   K           
   Australian Region       3   12110012
      Cocos Island         2   12100100
      Darwin               3   12110102
      Townsville           4   12111112
      Learmonth            5   12211103
      Alice Springs        3   12110102
      Norfolk Island       2   22000011
      Gingin               1   01100002
      Camden               2   12110011
      Canberra             2   12100011
      Launceston           5   13210022
      Hobart               2   121000--    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 23 Sep :
      Macquarie Island     1   02100000
      Casey                7   24300002
      Mawson               5   23311000

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 23 Sep : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin              19   (Quiet)
      Canberra            20   (Quiet)
      Melbourne           NA

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 23 Sep : A 
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              5                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 22 Sep :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         4
           Planetary              4   2020 1211     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
24 Sep     5    Quiet
25 Sep     5    Quiet
26 Sep    12    Unsettled

COMMENT: Quiet conditions observed over the last 24 hours. Quiet 
conditions are expected for 24Sep-25Sep. Unsettled conditions 
with possible Active periods on 26Sep due to anticipated coronal 
hole effects.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
23 Sep      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
24 Sep      Normal         Normal         Normal
25 Sep      Normal         Normal         Normal
26 Sep      Normal         Normal         Fair-normal

COMMENT: Observed MUF's near predicted monthly values over the 
last 24 hours. Similar conditions expected over the next three 
days.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
23 Sep    30

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Niue Island Region:
      No data available.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Aug      29
Sep      35
Oct      34

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
24 Sep    30    Near predicted monthly values
25 Sep    30    Near predicted monthly values
26 Sep    25    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Observed MUF's near predicted monthly values for most 
regions over the last 24 hours with notable depressions at times 
for Southern AUS/NZ regions and variable support for Northern 
AUS regions with occasional enhanced periods in early part of 
the UT day. MUFs expected to be near monthly predicted values 
for the next three days.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 22 Sep
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   6.0E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.4E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 2.40E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 4%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B1.6

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 22 Sep
Speed: 467 km/sec  Density:    5.1 p/cc  Temp:   349000 K  Bz:   2 nT

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