[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 13 May 18 issued 2330 UT on 13 May 2018 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Mon May 14 09:30:29 EST 2018


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/13 MAY 2018 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 13 MAY AND FORECAST FOR 14 MAY - 16 MAY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 13 May:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 13 May:  71/6


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             14 May             15 May             16 May
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    71/6               71/6               71/6

COMMENT: Solar activity remained at Very Low levels over the 
last 24 hours with no significant flare activity. Solar activity 
is expected to be Very Low for the next 3 days. No Earth-directed 
CMEs were observed in available imagery for 13 May. The solar 
wind speed on UT day 13 May was slightly above the ambient level, 
varied between 420 and 500 Km/s. During the UT day 13 May, the 
IMF Bt varied between 5-11 nT, mainly near 5 nT and its Bz component 
was mostly between +/-3 nT. The three days outlook (14-16 May) 
is for the solar wind speed to be mostly near ambient levels.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 13 May: Quiet to Unsettled

Estimated Indices 13 May : A   K           
   Australian Region       6   12232211
      Cocos Island         4   11212211
      Darwin               6   11232211
      Learmonth            7   02232312
      Alice Springs        5   02232201
      Culgoora             6   12232201
      Gingin               6   01232212
      Canberra             6   12232211
      Launceston          10   12243311    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 13 May :
      Macquarie Island    10   01253200
      Casey                9   23322312
      Mawson              23   34432226

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 13 May : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               3   (Quiet)
      Canberra             8   (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 13 May : A 
           Fredericksburg         7
           Planetary              8                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 12 May :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        10
           Planetary             11   3512 1222     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
14 May     8    Quiet to Unsettled
15 May     5    Quiet
16 May     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Quiet to Unsettled geomagnetic conditions observed over 
the last 24 hours across the Australian region. Mostly Quiet 
conditions are expected over the next three days. Isolated Unsettled 
conditions may be observed today, 14 May while solar wind speed 
remains slightly enhanced.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
13 May      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
14 May      Normal         Normal         Normal
15 May      Normal         Normal         Normal
16 May      Normal         Normal         Normal

COMMENT: Mostly normal HF conditions are expected for the next 
three days.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
13 May     1

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      No data available.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Enhanced by 15% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Enhanced 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
Apr      7
May      1
Jun      0

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
14 May     5    Near predicted monthly values
15 May     5    Near predicted monthly values
16 May     5    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: MUFs were generally near predicted monthly values for 
most AUS/NZ regions. The three days outlook (14-16) is for MUFs 
to be mostly near predicted monthly levels.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 12 May
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   9.3E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.8E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 4.20E+08   (moderate fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:21%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A2.0

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 12 May
Speed:NA km/sec  Density: NA p/cc  Temp: NA K  Bz: NA nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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