[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 26 August 17 issued 2333 UT on 26 Aug 2017 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/26 AUGUST 2017 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 26 AUGUST AND FORECAST FOR 27 AUGUST - 29 AUGUST
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 26 Aug:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 26 Aug:  78/17


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             27 Aug             28 Aug             29 Aug
Activity     Low                Very low to low    Very low to low
Fadeouts     Possible           Possible           Possible
10.7cm/SSN    75/13              75/13              75/13

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low over the last 24 hours. 
Regions 2671 and 2672 produced a few B-class flares. No Earth-directed 
CMEs were observed in the available LASCO imagery over the last 
24 hours. Today (UT day 26 August) solar wind speed varied between 
320 km/s and 360 km/s by 1600 UT and then increased to ~400 km/s. 
Solar wind again slowed down to the speeds of nearly 420 km/s 
by 2300 UT. Bz varied mostly between +/-4 nT today, whereas Bt 
stayed mostly between 4 and 6 nT during this time. Solar wind 
stream is expected to remain mostly at the current normal levels 
for the next three days (27 to 29 August) with a small possibility 
of minor enhancements on 28 and 29 August. Very low to low levels 
of solar activity may be expected over the next three days with 
further C-class events possible and a slight chance of M-class 
activity on all these days.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 26 Aug: Quiet

Estimated Indices 26 Aug : A   K           
   Australian Region       2   01101200
      Cocos Island         2   01111210
      Darwin               3   11101211
      Townsville           3   11101211
      Learmonth            2   01201210
      Alice Springs        2   11101200
      Norfolk Island       0   00100100
      Culgoora             2   01101200
      Gingin               1   00101200
      Camden               2   01101200
      Launceston           3   11101301
      Hobart               1   00101200    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 26 Aug :
      Macquarie Island     0   00000100
      Casey                5   13211210
      Mawson               9   22300143
      Davis               10   13411141

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 26 Aug : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               0   (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 26 Aug : A 
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              5                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 25 Aug :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         7
           Planetary              4   1111 2102     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
27 Aug     5    Quiet
28 Aug     6    Mostly quiet, isolated unsettled periods possible
29 Aug     8    Mostly quiet, isolated unsettled periods possible

COMMENT: Geomagnetic activity stayed at quiet levels in Australian 
regions through the UT day 25 August. Quiet levels of geomagnetic 
activity are expected to continue for the next 3 days (27 to 
29 August) with a small possibility of minor enhancements to 
isolated unsettled periods on 28 and 29 August.

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

PCA Event : No event.

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

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies were mostly near predicted 
monthly values over the last 24 hours (UT day 26 August) with 
some periods of minor depressions in some low latitude regions. 
Nearly normal HF conditions are expected for the next 3 days 
(27 to 29 August).

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
26 Aug     6

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
  
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 20% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Mostly 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
27 Aug     8    Near predicted monthly values
28 Aug     8    Near predicted monthly values
29 Aug     6    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies were mostly near predicted 
monthly values in the Aus/NZ region over the last 24 hours (UT 
day 26 August) with some periods of minor depressions in the 
northern regions. Nearly normal HF conditions are expected in 
the regions for the next 3 days (27 to 29 August).

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 25 Aug
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   8.1E+07
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.6E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 2.90E+08   (moderate fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:18%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B1.2

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 25 Aug
Speed: 348 km/sec  Density:    3.8 p/cc  Temp:    27600 K  Bz:  -1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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