[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 13 September 21 issued 2330 UT on 13 Sep 2021

Regional Warning Centre rwc at ips.gov.au
Tue Sep 14 09:30:55 EST 2021


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/13 SEPTEMBER 2021 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 13 SEPTEMBER AND FORECAST FOR 14 SEPTEMBER - 16 SEPTEMBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 13 Sep:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 13 Sep:  83/24


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             14 Sep             15 Sep             16 Sep
Activity     Very low to low    Very low to low    Very low to low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    82/23              81/22              80/20

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low on UT day 13 September. 
There are currently three numbered regions on the visible disk 
2866, 2868 and 2869 that are all approaching the western limb. 
Regions 2866 and 2868 are spotted but are decaying. The other 
region 2869 has decayed to a plage. Solar activity is expected 
to be at very low to low levels on UT days 14-16 September. The 
large unstable filament that was being monitored crossing the 
CM has erupted. There was a DSF near N45W15 around 13/01-05UT 
in H-alpha and SDO images. A corresponding westward CME was observed 
in Lasco images starting at 13/01UT. Preliminary analysis indicates 
that this CME could deliver a glancing blow at Earth on UT day 
16 September at around 22 UT. No other Earth-directed CMEs were 
observed in the available coronagraph imagery over the past 24 
hours. On UT day 13 September, the solar wind parameters continue 
to indicate weak coronal hole or CME effects. The solar wind 
speed followed an increasing trend from 410 km/s up to 520 km/s. 
The total IMF (Bt) peaked at 10 nT and the north-south component 
(Bz) varied in range -7/+8 nT. Slightly enhanced solar wind speeds 
are expected on UT days 14-16 September due to weak coronal hole 
and CME effects.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 13 Sep: Quiet to Unsettled

Estimated Indices 13 Sep : A   K           
   Australian Region       7   11323212
      Cocos Island         3   01212101
      Darwin               6   12223112
      Townsville           7   11323212
      Learmonth            8   12323212
      Alice Springs        7   01323212
      Gingin               5   11222212
      Canberra             6   01223212
      Hobart               7   11323212    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 13 Sep :
      Macquarie Island     9   01244201
      Casey               13   24432213
      Mawson              23   32333346

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 13 Sep : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               0   (Quiet)
      Canberra             0   (Quiet)
      Hobart              12   (Quiet)

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 13 Sep : A 
           Fredericksburg         7
           Planetary              8                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 12 Sep :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              5   1112 1112     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
14 Sep     8    Quiet to Unsettled
15 Sep     7    Quiet to Unsettled
16 Sep    10    Quiet to Unsettled

COMMENT: On UT day 13 September, the geomagnetic conditions in 
the Australian region were at quiet to unsettled levels. In the 
Antarctic region, quiet to active levels were observed with one 
storm period. Geomagnetic conditions are expected to be mostly 
quiet to unsettled on UT days 14-16 September due to weak coronal 
hole and CME effects

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

PCA Event : No event.

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

COMMENT: Mostly normal HF propagation conditions are expected 
for the next three UT days 14-16 September.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
13 Sep    22

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Depressed by 25% 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
Aug      14
Sep      27
Oct      30

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
14 Sep    25    Near predicted monthly values
15 Sep    25    Near predicted monthly values
16 Sep    25    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: MUFs in the Australian region on UT day 13 September 
were mostly near predicted monthly values. Some mildly depressed 
MUFs were observed over the Cocos Island region. MUFs in the 
Australian region on UT days 14-16 September are expected to 
be mostly near predicted monthly values.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 12 Sep
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   5.5E+04
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  4.5E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.60E+06   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 1%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B2.2

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 12 Sep
Speed: 353 km/sec  Density:    7.4 p/cc  Temp:    51500 K  Bz:   1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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