[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 27 October 19 issued 2331 UT on 27 Oct 2019

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Mon Oct 28 10:31:28 EST 2019


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/27 OCTOBER 2019 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 27 OCTOBER AND FORECAST FOR 28 OCTOBER - 30 OCTOBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 27 Oct:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 27 Oct:  69/3


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             28 Oct             29 Oct             30 Oct
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 over the UT day 27 October. 
There are currently no sunspots on the visible disc. A very weak 
CME (visible from 25/0912 UT, LASCO C2) may have a very weak 
earthward directed component, but the possibility of any impact 
is very low. Through UT day 27 October, the solar wind speed 
varied mostly between 590 and 610 km/s. During this day, the 
total IMF (Bt) varied between 1.5 nT and 5 nT, the north-south 
component of IMF (Bz) between -4.5 nT and +2.5 nT and the solar 
wind particle density between 1 ppcc and 2 ppcc. The solar wind 
parameters are now indicating some weakening in the effect of 
the recurrent positive polarity coronal hole. The solar wind 
stream is expected to show further weakening through UT day 28 
October and possibly the first half of UT day 29 October. Some 
strengthening in the solar wind stream may again happen from 
late on UT day 29 October due to the effect of another coronal 
hole and some possible effect of a weak CME. Very low solar activity 
is expected for UT days, 28 to 30 October.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 27 Oct: Quiet to Unsettled

Estimated Indices 27 Oct : A   K           
   Australian Region       7   22321221
      Cocos Island         5   12211221
      Darwin               6   22221222
      Townsville           8   23321222
      Learmonth            9   22322232
      Alice Springs        6   22221221
      Canberra             9   23321231
      Hobart               9   23322231    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 27 Oct :
      Macquarie Island    15   23532331
      Casey               15   34432232
      Mawson              58   34433865

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 27 Oct : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin              NA
      Canberra             8   (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 27 Oct : A 
           Fredericksburg        14
           Planetary             16                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 26 Oct :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        17
           Planetary             21   3244 4433     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
28 Oct    14    Mostly quiet to unsettled, isolated active periods 
                possible
29 Oct    12    Quiet to Unsettled
30 Oct    14    Mostly quiet to unsettled, isolated active periods 
                possible

COMMENT: Through UT day 27 October, the geomagnetic activity 
for the Australian/NZ region was at quiet to unsettled levels. 
In the Antarctic regions, the geomagnetic activity varied from 
quiet to active levels with isolated minor storm periods. These 
rises in geomagnetic activity levels are due to the high speed 
solar wind stream from a recurrent positive polarity coronal 
hole. Mostly quiet to unsettled levels of global geomagnetic 
activity may be expected for the next 3 UT days (28 to 30 October) 
with a small possibility of some active periods on 28 and 30 
October.

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

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
28 Oct      Normal-fair    Fair           Fair
29 Oct      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Normal-fair
30 Oct      Normal-fair    Fair           Fair

COMMENT: Minor to moderate MUF depressions were observed through 
UT day 27 October. Minor to mild MUF depressions, especially 
in mid- to high latitude regions, may be expected through UT 
days 28 to 30 October.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
27 Oct   -42

Observed Australian Regional MUFs

   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 35% during local day.
      Depressed by 25% during local night.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 20% during local day.
      Depressed by 20% during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Depressed by 15% 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
28 Oct   -30    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 15 to 
                30%
29 Oct   -25    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                20%
30 Oct   -30    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 15 to 
                30%

COMMENT: Minor to moderate MUF depressions were observed across 
the Australian and Antarctic regions through UT day 27 October. 
Minor to mild MUF depressions in these Australian regions may 
be expected through UT days 28 to 30 October.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 26 Oct
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   2.1E+06
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  2.1E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 4.60E+08   (moderate fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:22%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A6.9

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 26 Oct
Speed: 601 km/sec  Density:    1.8 p/cc  Temp:   191000 K  Bz:  -2 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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