[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 09 August 17 issued 2330 UT on 09 Aug 2017 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Thu Aug 10 09:30:22 EST 2017


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/09 AUGUST 2017 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 09 AUGUST AND FORECAST FOR 10 AUGUST - 12 AUGUST
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 09 Aug:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 09 Aug:  72/8


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             10 Aug             11 Aug             12 Aug
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    72/8               72/8               72/8

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low for the UT day, 9 August, 
with no C-class flares. Very low levels of solar activity are 
expected for the next three UT days (10-12 August) with a chance 
for C-class flares. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in the 
available LASCO imagery for the UT day, 9 August. The solar wind 
speed varied between 400 km/s to 460 km/s, currently around 420 
km/s. The IMF Bt varied between 2-7 nT over the last 24 hours. 
The Bz component of the IMF fluctuated between -4/+5 nT. The 
solar wind is expected to continue to weaken over the next UT 
day, 10 August. The solar wind is expected to strengthen late 
11 August or early 12 August with the arrival of high speed solar 
wind streams from two negative polarity coronal holes.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 09 Aug: Quiet

Estimated Indices 09 Aug : A   K           
   Australian Region       1   11111000
      Cocos Island         1   01110000
      Darwin               2   11111001
      Townsville           2   11111101
      Learmonth            3   11111111
      Alice Springs        2   01211001
      Norfolk Island       2   22110000
      Culgoora             2   11111100
      Gingin               2   11100111
      Camden               1   11111000
      Canberra             0   00000000
      Launceston           2   01112110
      Hobart               1   00111000    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 09 Aug :
      Macquarie Island     1   00021000
      Casey                6   23221111
      Mawson              11   11222135
      Davis                9   12321224

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 09 Aug : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               2   (Quiet)
      Canberra             0   (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 09 Aug : A 
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              5                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 08 Aug :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              4   1101 1221     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
10 Aug     5    Quiet
11 Aug    10    Quiet to Unsettled, with chance of isolated Active 
                periods
12 Aug    14    Quiet to Unsettled, with chance of isolated Active 
                periods

COMMENT: Magnetic conditions were at Quiet levels across the 
Australian region during the UT day, 9 August. Mainly Quiet to 
Unsettled conditions were observed in the Antarctic region. During 
the next UT day (10 August) the geomagnetic activity is expected 
to be mostly at Quiet levels with a chance of Unsettled conditions. 
Quiet to Unsettled conditions are expected late on 11 August, 
continuing to 12 August, with a slight chance of isolated periods 
of Active levels possible.

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

PCA Event : No event.

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


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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
09 Aug    -1

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Mostly near predicted monthly values.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   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
Jul      10
Aug      6
Sep      5

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
10 Aug     0    Near predicted monthly values
11 Aug     6    Near predicted monthly values
12 Aug    -1    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                15%

COMMENT: MUFs were mostly near predicted monthly values over 
the last 24 hours in the Australian/NZ region. Mildly depressed 
MUFs were also observed in the Northern Australian region during 
the local day and in the Cocos Island Region during the local 
day and night. Periods of sporadic E were observed throughout 
the Australian/NZ region. MUFs in the Australian/NZ region are 
expected to remain near monthly predicted values during the next 
two UT days, 10-11 August but may become depressed on 12 August.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 08 Aug
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   1.9E+07
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.5E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 5.30E+08   (high fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:24%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A3.9

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 08 Aug
Speed: 453 km/sec  Density:    5.9 p/cc  Temp:   224000 K  Bz:   0 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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