[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 11 October 19 issued 2339 UT on 11 Oct 2019

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SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/11 OCTOBER 2019 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 11 OCTOBER AND FORECAST FOR 12 OCTOBER - 14 OCTOBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 11 Oct:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 11 Oct:  69/3


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             12 Oct             13 Oct             14 Oct
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    68/2               68/2               68/2

COMMENT: Solar activity remained Very Low on UT day 11 October. 
There are currently no sunspot regions on the visible disc and 
no active regions are expected to rotate onto the visible disc. 
Very Low solar activity is expected for the next three UT days, 
12-14 October. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in the available 
coronagraph imagery. During UT day 11 October, the solar wind 
speed varied between 430 km/s and 512 km/s, currently around 
440 km/s. The total IMF Bt varied between 2 to 5 nT. The north-south 
component of IMF Bz varied between +/-4 nT and was mostly negative. 
Mostly nominal to slightly enhanced solar wind speed is expected 
for the next three UT days, 12-14 October. A weak enhancement 
is possible on UT days 13-14 October due to the possible influence of 
a southern hemisphere negative-polarity coronal hole.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 11 Oct: Quiet to Unsettled

Estimated Indices 11 Oct : A   K           
   Australian Region       6   11222321
      Cocos Island         5   01212320
      Darwin               6   11222321
      Townsville           6   11232211
      Learmonth            6   11222321
      Alice Springs        6   11222311
      Gingin               6   11222321
      Canberra             5   01232211
      Launceston           8   12232321
      Hobart               6   01232311    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 11 Oct :
      Macquarie Island    11   01253311
      Casey               11   24322322
      Mawson              20   43322345

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 11 Oct : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               6   (Quiet)
      Canberra             7   (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 11 Oct : A 
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              8                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 10 Oct :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        10
           Planetary             10   1432 1222     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
12 Oct     8    Quiet to Unsettled
13 Oct     9    Quiet to Unsettled, with a chance of isolated 
                Active periods
14 Oct     9    Quiet to Unsettled, with a chance of isolated 
                Active periods

COMMENT: On UT day 11 October, the geomagnetic activity was at 
Quiet to Unsettled levels in the Australian regions. In the Antarctic 
region, geomagnetic activity varied from Quiet to Active levels 
with some isolated Minor Storm periods. Global geomagnetic activity 
is expected to be mostly at Quiet to Unsettled levels for the 
next 3 UT days (12-14 October) with a chance of isolated Active 
periods on UT days 13-14 October due to the possible influence 
of a southern hemisphere negative-polarity coronal hole.

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

PCA Event : No event.

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

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies (MUFs) were mostly near predicted 
monthly values to depressed by up to 30% during UT day 11 October. 
For the next 3 UT days, 12-14 October, MUFs are expected to be 
mostly near predicted monthly values with the possibility of 
minor to moderate depressions. Degraded HF propagation conditions 
are possible at high latitudes if geomagnetic activity levels 
increase due to possible coronal hole effects.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
11 Oct   -29

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 25% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Depressed by 20% during local day.
      Depressed by 30% during local night.
      Depressed by 20% after local dawn.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 25% during local day.
      Depressed by 20% during local night.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Sep      -5
Oct      -15
Nov      -16

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
12 Oct   -20    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                20%
13 Oct   -15    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                20%
14 Oct   -20    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                20%

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies (MUFs) in the Australian 
region were from near predicted monthly values to depressed by 
up to 30% during UT day 11 October. Sporadic-E and Spread-F occurrences 
were observed over some sites. For the next 3 UT days, 12-14 
October, MUFs are expected to be mostly near predicted monthly 
values across the Australian region with the possibility of minor 
to moderate depressions.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 10 Oct
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   4.6E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  2.2E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.30E+07
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: NA

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 10 Oct
Speed: 472 km/sec  Density:    2.1 p/cc  Temp:   125000 K  Bz:   0 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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