[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 14 May 18 issued 2344 UT on 14 May 2018 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Tue May 15 09:44:10 EST 2018


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/14 MAY 2018 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 14 MAY AND FORECAST FOR 15 MAY - 17 MAY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 14 May:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 14 May:  70/5


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             15 May             16 May             17 May
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    70/5               71/6               71/6

COMMENT: Solar activity was Very Low for the UT day, 14 May. 
Solar activity is expected to remain Very Low for the next 3 
days. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available LASCO 
C2 imagery up till 14/1733UT. The solar wind speed decreased 
from 450 to 375 km/s during the last 24 hours and is currently 
380 km/s. The IMF Bt varied between 5-3 nT and its Bz component 
was between +3/-4 nT. Expect similar solar wind conditions for 
the next 24 hours.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 14 May: Quiet

Estimated Indices 14 May : A   K           
   Australian Region       2   01112001
      Cocos Island         1   01100001
      Darwin               2   11111001
      Learmonth            3   01222002
      Alice Springs        2   11112001
      Culgoora             2   01112101
      Gingin               2   01111002
      Canberra             2   01112001
      Launceston           2   11112001
      Hobart               2   01112000    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 14 May :
      Macquarie Island     1   01102000
      Casey                7   23222112
      Mawson              18   32231136
      Davis               18   23332126

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 14 May : 
      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 14 May : A 
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              5                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 13 May :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        10
           Planetary              8   1233 2222     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
15 May     5    Quiet
16 May     8    Quiet to Unsettled
17 May    10    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: Quiet geomagnetic conditions observed on the UT day, 
14 May. Quiet conditions are expected for today, 15 May. The 
following two days are expected to be Quiet to Unsettled with 
a possibility of isolated cases of Active levels at higher latitudes.

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

PCA Event : No event.

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

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

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
14 May    -2

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   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
Apr      7
May      1
Jun      0

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
15 May     1    Near predicted monthly values
16 May     1    Near predicted monthly values
17 May     1    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: MUFs were generally near predicted monthly values for 
most AUS/NZ regions. The three days outlook (15-17) is for MUFs 
to be mostly near predicted monthly levels. Observed isolated 
pockets of sporadic E in the Australian region.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 13 May
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   1.1E+06
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.8E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 3.60E+08   (moderate fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:20%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A1.9

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 13 May
Speed: 438 km/sec  Density:    6.6 p/cc  Temp:   124000 K  Bz:   0 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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