[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 14 January 20 issued 2343 UT on 14 Jan 2020

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Wed Jan 15 10:43:24 EST 2020


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/14 JANUARY 2020 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 14 JANUARY AND FORECAST FOR 15 JANUARY - 17 JANUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 14 Jan:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 14 Jan:  72/8


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             15 Jan             16 Jan             17 Jan
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    72/8               72/8               72/8

COMMENT: Solar activity was Very Low for 14Jan. There are currently 
no sunspots on the visible solar disc and no Earth directed CMEs 
were observed in the available coronagraph imagery. Solar wind 
speed (Vsw) was ~350km/s at 00UT and gradually declined to reach 
287km/s at 1324UT. Vsw has since increased to be 308km/s at the 
time of this report. The north-south component of the IMF (Bz) 
varied in the range +3nT and -4nT. An increase in the solar wind 
speed from current ambient conditions to slightly elevated levels 
is possible over the next 24 hours due to the influence of a 
high speed solar wind stream from a recurrent positive polarity 
coronal hole. Very low levels of solar activity are expected 
for the next three days.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 14 Jan: Quiet

Estimated Indices 14 Jan : A   K           
   Australian Region       2   11110101
      Cocos Island         1   01100100
      Darwin               2   21000101
      Townsville           2   11110101
      Learmonth            1   10110101
      Alice Springs        1   11000101
      Gingin               1   11010100
      Canberra             1   01110001
      Hobart               1   01110001    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 14 Jan :
      Macquarie Island     1   01020000
      Casey               10   34331111
      Mawson               6   32221112

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 14 Jan : 
      Darwin               6   (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 14 Jan : A 
           Fredericksburg         3
           Planetary              5                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 13 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         2
           Planetary              2   0000 1001     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
15 Jan     8    Quiet to Unsettled
16 Jan     6    Quiet
17 Jan     6    Quiet

COMMENT: Geomagnetic activity was at Quiet levels over the Australian 
region for 14Jan with Unsettled to Quiet conditions for Antarctic 
regions. Global geomagnetic activity is expected to be range 
between Quiet to Unsettled levels for 15Jan with a only slight 
chance of isolated Active periods. An increase in the solar wind 
speed is possible over the next 24 hours due to the effects of 
the recurrent positive polarity coronal hole which however on 
this rotation, appears to be smaller and thus is expected to 
have a weaker influence than previous rotations. Quiet conditions 
expected for 16Jan-17Jan.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
14 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
15 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
16 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal
17 Jan      Normal         Normal         Normal

COMMENT: HF propagation conditions were mostly normal for 14Jan 
with observed enhancements for northern hemisphere and depressed 
periods for southern hemisphere stations. Similar conditions 
are expected for the next 3 days with possible disturbed ionospheric 
support on 15Jan for high latitudes due to an increase in geomagnetic 
activity.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
14 Jan   -23

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 20% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 25% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values 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
Dec      -29
Jan      -16
Feb      -17

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
15 Jan   -15    Near predicted monthly values
16 Jan   -15    Near predicted monthly values
17 Jan   -15    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies (MUFs) ranged from near predicted 
monthly values to slightly depressed for Equatorial and Southern 
AUS/NZ regions for 14Jan. MUFs near predicted monthly values 
for other regions. Similar HF propagation conditions are expected 
for the next three days with possible mildly depressed MUFs.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 13 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   9.1E+04
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  4.6E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 3.50E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 5%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: <A1.0

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 13 Jan
Speed: 353 km/sec  Density:    0.8 p/cc  Temp:    33600 K  Bz:   0 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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