[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 12 January 19 issued 2338 UT on 12 Jan 2019 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/12 JANUARY 2019 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 12 JANUARY AND FORECAST FOR 13 JANUARY - 15 JANUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: ** YELLOW **
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 12 Jan:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 12 Jan:  70/5


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             13 Jan             14 Jan             15 Jan
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    70/5               70/5               70/5

COMMENT: Solar activity was Very Low for the 12th January. The 
sun is currently spotless and no earth directed CME's were visible 
in the available coronagraph imagery. The solar wind speed (Vsw) 
was 458km/s at 01UT and gradually declined to be 356km/s at the 
time of this report. The north-south component of IMF (Bz) fluctuated 
between +1nT and -2nT over the UT day. Vsw is expected to remain 
at these nominal levels over the next 2-3 days with the chance 
of brief enhancements due to small southern hemisphere located 
negative polarity coronal holes. Solar activity is expected to 
be Very Low for the next 3 days.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 12 Jan: Quiet

Estimated Indices 12 Jan : A   K           
   Australian Region       2   11101101
      Cocos Island         1   11010100
      Darwin               1   11001101
      Townsville           4   22111111
      Learmonth            3   11111201
      Alice Springs        2   21001101
      Culgoora             2   11102101
      Gingin               2   21002100
      Canberra             0   10001000
      Launceston           3   11112111
      Hobart               2   11102101    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 12 Jan :
      Mawson               7   32111132
      Davis                9   23222232

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 12 Jan : 
      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 12 Jan : A 
           Fredericksburg         4
           Planetary              5                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 11 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         5
           Planetary              4   1131 1010     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
13 Jan     8    Quiet to Unsettled
14 Jan     7    Quiet
15 Jan     9    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: Quiet geomagnetic conditions observed in the AUS/NZ 
region for 12th January. Quiet to Unsettled conditions observed 
for Antarctic regions. Quiet to Unsettled conditions are expected 
for the AUS/NZ regions for the next 3 days while Antarctic regions 
may experience isolated Active or Minor Storm periods.

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

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
13 Jan      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Normal-fair
14 Jan      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Normal-fair
15 Jan      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Normal-fair

COMMENT: Mildly depressed MUFs likely for Southern Hemisphere 
circuits over the next 3 days. MUFs near predicted monthly values 
or occasional enhancements for Northern Hemisphere. MUF degradations 
are a consequence of the very low levels of ionising radiation 
from the Sun.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
12 Jan   -38

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      No data available.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      No data available during local night.
      Depressed by 20% after local dawn.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Depressed by 20% during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Dec      -32
Jan      -12
Feb      -13

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
13 Jan   -35    Near predicted monthly values
14 Jan   -35    Near predicted monthly values
15 Jan   -35    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: MUFs depressions ranging from 10%-30% were observed 
for Equatorial, Northern AUS and Southern AUS/NZ regions over 
the last 24 hours. MUFs were near predicted monthly values for 
Antarctic regions. Notable Sporadic E layers observed at low 
to mid latitude stations. Similar levels of ionospheric support 
are expected for the next 3 days with MUFs either near predicted 
monthly values or mildly depressed due to continued low levels 
of ionising radiation from the Sun.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 11 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   6.7E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.7E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.60E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 3%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: <A1.0

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 11 Jan
Speed: 452 km/sec  Density:    7.3 p/cc  Temp:   154000 K  Bz:   0 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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