[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 22 October 19 issued 2337 UT on 22 Oct 2019

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Wed Oct 23 10:37:26 EST 2019


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/22 OCTOBER 2019 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 22 OCTOBER AND FORECAST FOR 23 OCTOBER - 25 OCTOBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:** RED **     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 22 Oct:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 22 Oct:  66/0


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             23 Oct             24 Oct             25 Oct
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 was Very Low for 22Oct. There are currently 
no sunspots on the visible disc and no Earth-directed CMEs were 
observed in the available coronagraph imagery. The solar wind 
speed was at nominal levels at ~360km/s over the UT day while 
the north south component of the IMF (Bz) ranged between +/-3nT. 
Solar wind speed is expected to increase to Strong levels from 
24Oct due to the influence of a high speed solar wind stream 
associated with a positive-polarity coronal hole located just 
north of the equator. Very low solar activity is expected for 
the next three days.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 22 Oct: Quiet

Estimated Indices 22 Oct : A   K           
   Australian Region       3   11110211
      Cocos Island         2   01100220
      Darwin               3   11110211
      Townsville           4   11121211
      Learmonth            5   21111222
      Alice Springs        2   11010211
      Canberra             2   11110210
      Hobart               2   01110210    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 22 Oct :
      Macquarie Island     0   00010100
      Casey                9   32321321
      Mawson               6   10111224

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 22 Oct : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin              NA
      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 22 Oct : A 
           Fredericksburg         2
           Planetary              4                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 21 Oct :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         4
           Planetary              3   2001 1101     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
23 Oct     8    Quiet to Unsettled
24 Oct    25    Active
25 Oct    20    Active

COMMENT: Geomagnetic activity for the Australian/NZ region was 
at mostly Quiet levels over the last 24 hours with Antarctic 
regions experiencing Unsettled conditions. Quiet conditions expected 
for most of the UT day 23Oct. Active conditions with possible 
Minor Storm periods expected for 24Oct due to an expected arrival 
of a high speed solar wind stream from a positive-polarity coronal 
hole located just north of the equator. Active conditions expected 
for 25Oct.

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

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
23 Oct      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
24 Oct      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Normal-poor
25 Oct      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Fair-normal

COMMENT: Mostly normal HF propagation conditions observed for 
22Oct. Similar HF conditions expected for 23Oct. Variable HF 
conditions for 24Oct-25Oct with possible enhancements to depressed 
MUFs due to increased geomagnetic activity around this time.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
22 Oct   -20

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      No data available during local day.
      No data available during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Depressed by 20% during local day.
      Depressed by 20% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 35% during local night.
   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
Sep      -5
Oct      -15
Nov      -16

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
23 Oct   -20    Near predicted monthly values
24 Oct   -30    Near predicted monthly values
25 Oct   -30    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Maximum Usable Frequencies (MUFs) were at near predicted 
monthly values over the AUS/NZ region with depressions of 20% 
for Equatorial and Northern AUS regions. Similar conditions are 
expected for the next 24-36 hours. Variable HF conditions expected 
for 24Oct-25Oct ranging from enhancements to notably depressed 
MUFs for Southern AUS/NZ regions and poor ionospheric support 
for Antarctic regions due to increased geomagnetic activity.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 21 Oct
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   3.5E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  2.1E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 7.90E+05   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A6.4

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 21 Oct
Speed: 338 km/sec  Density:    2.0 p/cc  Temp:    32200 K  Bz:   1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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