[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 15 June 17 issued 2330 UT on 15 Jun 2017 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Fri Jun 16 09:30:20 EST 2017


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/15 JUNE 2017 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 15 JUNE AND FORECAST FOR 16 JUNE - 18 JUNE
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:** RED **     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 15 Jun:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 15 Jun:  77/16


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             16 Jun             17 Jun             18 Jun
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    77/16              77/16              77/16

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low for the UT day, 15 June, 
with no notable flares. Very low levels of solar activity is 
expected for the next 3 UT days (16-18 June) with a chance of 
C-class flares. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in the available 
LASCO imagery. The solar wind speed continued to trend near the 
nominal level of 380km/s over the last 24 hours. The IMF Bt was 
mostly steady near 5 nT during the UT day. The Bz component of 
the IMF varied between -2 nT and +3 nT, with no significant period 
of southward Bz conditions. The speed is expected to increase 
for the next 24 hours due to coronal hole effects.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 15 Jun: Quiet

Estimated Indices 15 Jun : A   K           
   Australian Region       1   11110000
      Darwin               1   11100000
      Townsville           1   11111000
      Learmonth            1   11110000
      Alice Springs        1   11100000
      Culgoora             1   11110000
      Gingin               1   11110000
      Camden               1   11110000
      Canberra             0   10010000
      Launceston           2   11121010
      Hobart               1   10110000    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 15 Jun :
      Macquarie Island     0   00020000
      Casey                2   12211000
      Mawson               5   32122100

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 15 Jun : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               2   (Quiet)
      Canberra             2   (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 15 Jun : A 
           Fredericksburg        12
           Planetary             15                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 14 Jun :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              6   1222 2322     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
16 Jun    25    Quiet to Active. Possible isolated Minor Storm 
                levels.
17 Jun    15    Quiet to Active
18 Jun    12    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: SWS Geomagnetic Warning 31 was issued on 14 June and 
is current for 15-16 Jun. Geomagnetic activity was at Quiet levels 
for the UT day, 15 June. During 16-17 June, expect activity to 
increase from Quiet levels to Active levels with isolated periods 
of Minor Storming due to the coronal hole effects.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
15 Jun      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
16 Jun      Normal         Normal-fair    Normal-fair
17 Jun      Normal         Normal-fair    Normal-fair
18 Jun      Normal         Normal-fair    Normal-fair

COMMENT: Degraded HF condition in the high-latitude regions may 
be observed due to expected increase in the geomagnetic activity 
over the next 24 hours.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
15 Jun     4

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      No data available.
   Niue Island Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   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):
      Enhanced by 15% over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
May      10
Jun      10
Jul      9

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
16 Jun     5    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                20%
17 Jun     5    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                20%
18 Jun     5    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Mostly near predicted monthly MUFs were observed over 
the Australian region on UT day 15 June. Periods of Spread F 
were observed at some locations. Expect similar MUF conditions 
for the next three UT days, and a possibility of Minor to Moderate 
depressions for Southern AUS/NZ and Antarctic regions due to 
increased geomagnetic activity from coronal hole effects.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 14 Jun
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   4.4E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.7E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 3.70E+06   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A6.3

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 14 Jun
Speed: 489 km/sec  Density:    4.9 p/cc  Temp:   225000 K  Bz:   2 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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