[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 08 January 20 issued 2331 UT on 08 Jan 2020

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Thu Jan 9 10:31:27 EST 2020


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/08 JANUARY 2020 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 08 JANUARY AND FORECAST FOR 09 JANUARY - 11 JANUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 08 Jan:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 08 Jan:  74/11


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             09 Jan             10 Jan             11 Jan
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    74/11              74/11              74/11

COMMENT: Solar activity was Very Low for UT day 08 January. There 
are currently only small plage regions on the visible disk. No 
Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph imagery. 
Very Low levels of solar activity are expected for the next three 
UT days, 09-11 January. The solar wind speed observed a weak 
enhancement starting around 08/1100 UT due to high speed streams 
from a weak coronal hole, currently around 430 Km/s. The total 
IMF (Bt) varied between 2-7 nT. The north-south component of 
the IMF (Bz) reached a minimum of -7 nT at 08/1349 UT and is 
currently southward. The solar wind is expected to remain slightly 
enhanced today, 09 January then decline on UT days 10-11 January 
as the influence of the coronal hole wanes.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 08 Jan: Quiet to Unsettled

Estimated Indices 08 Jan : A   K           
   Australian Region       4   11112212
      Cocos Island         2   10102111
      Darwin               4   11112212
      Townsville           9   33013312
      Learmonth            6   11103312
      Alice Springs        3   10002212
      Gingin               3   10002212
      Canberra             5   01112312
      Hobart               5   11112222    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 08 Jan :
      Macquarie Island     4   01022301
      Casey               17   35323323
      Mawson              21   43113355

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 08 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 08 Jan : A 
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              7                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 07 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         4
           Planetary              3   1200 0012     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
09 Jan    12    Quiet to Unsettled with a chance of isolated 
                Active periods.
10 Jan     8    Quiet to Unsettled
11 Jan     5    Quiet

COMMENT: On UT day 08 January, geomagnetic activity was at Quiet 
to Unsettled levels in the Australian region. The Antarctic region 
observed mainly Quiet to Unsettled conditions with some isolated 
Minor Storm periods. Global geomagnetic activity is expected 
to be at Quiet to Unsettled levels over the next three days, 
09-11 January with a chance of isolated Active periods today 
09 January due to current moderate enhancements in the solar 
wind.

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

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
09 Jan      Normal-fair    Normal         Normal
10 Jan      Normal-fair    Normal         Normal
11 Jan      Normal-fair    Normal         Normal

COMMENT: Mostly normal HF propagation conditions are expected 
for the next 3 UT days, 09-11 January.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
08 Jan   -15

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Mostly near predicted monthly values.
   Niue Island Region:
      Depressed by 20% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
      Depressed by 25% after local dawn.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Enhanced by 40% during local night.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 15% 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      -29
Jan      -16
Feb      -17

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
09 Jan   -20    Near predicted monthly values
10 Jan   -20    Near predicted monthly values
11 Jan   -20    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies (MUFs) were mostly near predicted 
monthly values to slightly enhanced for the Australian region 
on 08 January. Mild MUFs depressions observed at Niue Island 
region. Sporadic-E occurrences were seen over some sites. Similar 
levels of ionospheric support is expected for the next three 
UT days, 09-11 January.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 07 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   2.0E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  4.5E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 4.40E+06   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: <A1.0

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 07 Jan
Speed: 436 km/sec  Density:    2.7 p/cc  Temp:    61000 K  Bz:   0 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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