[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 01 February 21 issued 2335 UT on 01 Feb 2021

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Tue Feb 2 10:35:09 EST 2021


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/01 FEBRUARY 2021 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 01 FEBRUARY AND FORECAST FOR 02 FEBRUARY - 04 FEBRUARY
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:** YELLOW **     ION: ** YELLOW **
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 01 Feb:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 01 Feb:  74/11


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             02 Feb             03 Feb             04 Feb
Activity     Very low to low    Very low to low    Very low to low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    74/11              72/8               72/8

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low on UT day 01 February. Solar 
activity is expected to be very low over the next three UT days, 
02-04 February. No Earth directed CMEs were observed on 01 February. 
The solar wind speed was at nominal levels between 315 km/s and 
364 km/s, the peak total IMF (Bt) was 11 nT and the north-south 
IMF component (Bz) range was +7/-9 nT. A coronal hole wind stream 
is expected to elevate solar wind parameters on 02-03 February.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 01 Feb: Quiet

Estimated Indices 01 Feb : A   K           
   Australian Region       3   11001221
      Cocos Island         2   11100211
      Darwin               2   11101111
      Townsville           4   11102221
      Learmonth            4   21002221
      Alice Springs        2   11001111
      Gingin               3   10001222
      Canberra             3   02001221
      Hobart               3   12001211    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 01 Feb :
      Macquarie Island     2   11001210
      Casey               11   34322222
      Mawson              11   43102323

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 01 Feb : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville          NA
      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 01 Feb : A 
           Fredericksburg         8
           Planetary             10                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 31 Jan :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         0
           Planetary              0   0000 0000     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
02 Feb    20    Unsettled to active with a chance of isolated 
                minor storm conditions
03 Feb    12    Quiet to active
04 Feb     8    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: SWS Geomagnetic Warning 2 was issued on 29 January and 
is current for 1-2 Feb. Quiet geomagnetic conditions were observed 
in the Australian region on UT day 01 February. Quiet to active 
levels were observed in the Antarctic region. Global geomagnetic 
activity is expected to be quiet to active on 02-03 February 
with possible minor storm periods on 02 February due to a recurrent 
coronal hole wind stream.

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

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
02 Feb      Normal         Normal-fair    Fair
03 Feb      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
04 Feb      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair

COMMENT: On UT day 01 February, HF propagation conditions were 
normal. Degradations in conditions are expected on 02-03 February.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
01 Feb    -6

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      No data available.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   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
Jan      2
Feb      12
Mar      15

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
02 Feb   -20    15 to 25% below predicted monthly values
03 Feb   -10    Depressed 15%/near predicted monthly values
04 Feb     0    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: On UT day 01 February, MUFs were mostly near predicted 
monthly values with some minor depressions. Sporadic E was observed, 
strong at times. MUFs in the Australian region are expected to 
be near predicted monthly values becoming moderately depressed 
on 02 February. Mild depressions likely on 03 February in response 
to expected geomagnetic activity.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 31 Jan
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   3.9E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  4.6E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 2.10E+08   (moderate fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:16%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: A1.7

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 31 Jan
Speed: 311 km/sec  Density:    9.6 p/cc  Temp:    14000 K  Bz:   1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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