[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 30 October 19 issued 2331 UT on 30 Oct 2019

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Thu Oct 31 10:31:39 EST 2019


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/30 OCTOBER 2019 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 30 OCTOBER AND FORECAST FOR 31 OCTOBER - 02 NOVEMBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 30 Oct:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 30 Oct:  70/5


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             31 Oct             01 Nov             02 Nov
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 30 October. 
There are currently no sunspots on the visible disc. Very low 
solar activity is expected for UT days, 31 October to 02 November. 
No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in the available coronagraph 
imagery. During UT day 30 October the solar wind speed was mostly 
steady near 400 km/s. These moderately elevated solar wind was 
in response to small patchy negative coronal holes now at geoeffective 
location on the solar disk. The total IMF Bt varied between 8 
nT to 13 nT and the north-south component of the IMF Bz varied 
between -2 nT to +10 nT. The two day outlook (UT day 31 October 
- 01 November) is for solar wind to remain between its nominal 
to mildly elevated levels in response to the coronal holes.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 30 Oct: Quiet

Estimated Indices 30 Oct : A   K           
   Australian Region       6   22212221
      Cocos Island         6   22212221
      Darwin               6   22212221
      Townsville           9   23212332
      Learmonth            8   22213232
      Alice Springs        6   22212221
      Canberra             6   22212221
      Hobart               6   22212221    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 30 Oct :
      Macquarie Island    10   11125311
      Casey               19   34533233
      Mawson              15   23223344

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 30 Oct : 
      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 30 Oct : A 
           Fredericksburg         8
           Planetary             10                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 29 Oct :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         8
           Planetary              7   3310 0221     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
31 Oct    10    Quiet to Unsettled
01 Nov     5    Quiet
02 Nov     5    Quiet

COMMENT: The geomagnetic activity for the Australian/NZ region 
was mostly at quiet on UT day 29 October. In the Antarctic regions, 
the geomagnetic activity varied from quiet to active levels. 
These mild disturbed geomagnetic conditions in high latitude 
regions are in response to mildly elevated solar wind speed associated 
with patchy small coronal holes. Mostly quiet to unsettled levels 
of geomagnetic activity may be expected for today (31 October) 
as the coronal hole effects persist. Mostly quiet geomagnetic 
conditions are expected for the subsequent two UT days (01-02 
November).

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

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
31 Oct      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
01 Nov      Normal         Normal         Normal
02 Nov      Normal         Normal         Normal

COMMENT: Minor to moderate MUF depressions were observed through 
UT day 30 October. Minor to mild MUF depressions, especially 
in mid- to high- latitude regions, may be expected through UT 
days 31 October - 02 November.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
30 Oct   -24

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Depressed by 35% during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 25% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values 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
Sep      -5
Oct      -15
Nov      -16

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
31 Oct   -20    Near predicted monthly values
01 Nov   -20    Near predicted monthly values
02 Nov   -20    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies (MUFs) in the Australian 
region were moderately depressed to near predicted monthly values 
during UT day 30 October. The depressions are thought to be due 
to very low level of solar ionising flux. Sporadic-E and Spread-F 
occurrences were observed over some sites. For the next 3 UT 
days, 31 October - 02 November, MUFs are expected to be between 
moderately depressed to near predicted monthly values. Lower 
HF frequencies will be less impacted.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 29 Oct
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   6.4E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  2.1E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.00E+09   (high fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:30%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A6.7

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 29 Oct
Speed: 408 km/sec  Density:    4.4 p/cc  Temp:    26300 K  Bz:   0 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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