[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 29 August 19 issued 2331 UT on 29 Aug 2019

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Fri Aug 30 09:31:31 EST 2019


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/29 AUGUST 2019 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 29 AUGUST AND FORECAST FOR 30 AUGUST - 01 SEPTEMBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:** YELLOW **     ION: GREEN
-----------------------------------------------------------
1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 29 Aug:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 29 Aug:  66/0


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             30 Aug             31 Aug             01 Sep
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    66/0               66/0               66/0

COMMENT: Solar activity remained Very Low on UT day 29 August. 
The visible solar disk is spotless. Very Low solar activity is 
expected for the next three UT days, 30 August to 01 September. 
There were no Earth-directed CMEs observed in the available coronagraph 
imagery. During UT day 29 August, the solar wind speed was mostly 
near its nominal levels, varying in the range 350-410 km/s. The 
total IMF (Bt) ranged between 2 nT and 6 nT. The north-south 
component of the IMF (Bz) varied between +5 nT and -3 nT. On 
UT day 30 August, the solar wind speed is expected be at its 
nominal levels.

-----------------------------------------------------------
2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 29 Aug: Quiet

Estimated Indices 29 Aug : A   K           
   Australian Region       1   00001101
      Cocos Island         1   01001110
      Darwin               2   10101112
      Townsville           2   11001112
      Learmonth            2   11102110
      Alice Springs        1   00001101
      Gingin               0   10001000
      Canberra             0   00001001
      Launceston           1   00001101
      Hobart               0   00001000    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 29 Aug :
      Macquarie Island     0   00000000
      Casey                3   21112100
      Mawson               8   31123113

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 29 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 29 Aug : A 
           Fredericksburg         4
           Planetary              4                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 28 Aug :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              4   2110 1001     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
30 Aug     7    Quiet
31 Aug    19    Quiet to Minor Storm
01 Sep    30    Active to Minor Storm

COMMENT: SWS Geomagnetic Warning 19 was issued on 28 August and 
is current for 31 Aug only. On UT day 29 August, Quiet levels 
of geomagnetic activity were recorded in the Australian region 
and mostly Quiet levels were observed in Antarctica. Global geomagnetic 
activity is expected to remain mostly at Quiet levels during 
the next UT day, 30 August, and the first half of 31 August. 
Then geomagnetic activity is expected to increase up to Minor 
Storm levels due to arrival of the corotating interaction region 
and high speed solar wind streams associated with the recurrent 
coronal hole. Isolated Major Storm levels are possible on 31 
August and 01 September.

-----------------------------------------------------------
3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
29 Aug      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair    

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
30 Aug      Normal         Normal         Normal
31 Aug      Normal         Normal-fair    Normal-poor
01 Sep      Fair           Fair           Fair-poor

COMMENT: Mostly normal HF propagation conditions are expected 
for 30 August and the first half of 31 August. Degraded HF propagation 
conditions are expected in the second half of 31 August and on 
01 September due to predicted increase in geomagnetic activity.

-----------------------------------------------------------
4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
29 Aug    -7

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Enhanced by 30% 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
Jul      -2
Aug      -13
Sep      -15

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
30 Aug    -5    Near predicted monthly values
31 Aug     0    Near predicted monthly values
01 Sep     0    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies (MUFs) were mostly near predicted 
monthly values during UT day 29 August. Mild enhancements were 
observed across Southern Australian regions during local night. 
Sporadic E occurrences were observed over all sites. MUFs are 
expected to be mostly near predicted monthly levels for UT days 
30 August to 01 September. Degraded HF propagation conditions 
are expected in the second half of UT day 31 August and on 01 
September due to predicted increase in geomagnetic activity.

-----------------------------------------------------------
5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 28 Aug
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   2.1E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  2.1E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 3.00E+06   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A6.1

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 28 Aug
Speed: 461 km/sec  Density:    1.4 p/cc  Temp:    90700 K  Bz:   1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
-----------------------------------------------------------

Space Weather Services              email: asfc at bom.gov.au
Bureau of Meteorology
PO Box 1386                         WWW: http://www.sws.bom.gov.au
Haymarket NSW 1240  AUSTRALIA       FTP: ftp://ftp-out.sws.bom.gov.au
tel: +61 2 9213 8010                fax: +61 2 9213 8060 

IMPORTANT: This e-mail, including any attachments, may contain,
confidential or copyright information.  The views expressed in 
this message are those of the individual sender, unless 
specifically stated to be the views of SWS.  If you are not 
the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately 
and delete all copies of this e-mail and attachments. 
To unsubscribe from an IPS mail list either send an email to 
"MAIL_LIST"-leave at ips.gov.au or go to
http://www.sws.bom.gov.au/mailman/listinfo/"MAIL_LIST".
Information about training can be obtained from
http://www.sws.bom.gov.au/mailman/listinfo/ips-training.
General information is available from
http://www.sws.bom.gov.au/mailman/listinfo/ips-info.




More information about the ips-dsgr mailing list