[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 05 April 22 issued 2341 UT on 05 Apr 2022 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

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Wed Apr 6 09:41:23 EST 2022


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/05 APRIL 2022 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 05 APRIL AND FORECAST FOR 06 APRIL - 08 APRIL
STATUS INDICATORS SOL: ** YELLOW **   MAG:** RED **     ION: GREEN
ASWAS SCALE DESCRIPTION: https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 05 Apr:  R0

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 05 Apr: 122/75


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             06 Apr             07 Apr             08 Apr
Activity     R0-R1		R0		   R0
Fadeouts     Possible           None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN   124/77             122/75             120/72

COMMENT: On UT day 5 Apr, solar activity was at R0 level. Solar 
activity is expected to be at R0 with a slight chance of R1 levels 
6 to 8 Apr. AR2981 (S27W38), 2983 (N23E04), 2985 (S19E43) have 
shown some decay, AR2978 (S18W39) shows consolidation in the 
trailer region. Spot development has occurred near N22W54 and 
S31E70. There were no Earth-directed CMEs observed on 5 Apr. 
The solar wind speed range on 5 Apr was 400-483 km/s, the peak 
total interplanetary magnetic field strength (IMF; Bt) was 8 
nT, and the north-south IMF (Bz) range was +7/-4 nT. Solar wind 
parameters are expected to become elevated on 6 Apr, from the 3
Apr CME. There may be weak impacts on 8 Apr from CMEs first observed
in LASCO C2 at 4/1136UT and 4/2212UT, with higher confidence for the
latter CME.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 05 Apr: G0

Estimated Indices 05 Apr : A   K           
   Australian Region       4   11221211
      Darwin               5   11221212
      Townsville           5   11221212
      Learmonth            5   12222220
      Alice Springs        4   11221211
      Gingin               4   21111220
      Canberra             4   11221211
      Hobart               4   11221210    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 05 Apr :
      Macquarie Island     2   12120100
      Casey               13   34431221
      Mawson              21   24313255

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 05 Apr : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               0   (Quiet)
      Canberra             6   (Quiet)
      Hobart               0   (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 05 Apr : A 
           Fredericksburg         7
           Planetary              7                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 04 Apr :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         8
           Planetary              9   3332 2121     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
06 Apr    25    G0-G1
07 Apr    14    G0 possible G1
08 Apr     9    G0

COMMENT: SWS Geomagnetic Warning 18 was issued on 5 April and 
is current for 5-7 Apr. Geomagnetic conditions in the Australian 
region were at G0 levels on UT day 5 Apr. G0 to G1 levels were 
observed in Antarctica. On UT day 6 Apr, the arrival of a coronal 
mass ejection is expected to increase conditions to G1 levels. 
Depending on the arrival time of the coronal mass ejection, G1 
conditions may extend into 7 Apr. Weak coronal mass ejection 
impacts are possible on 8 Apr with conditions on that day only 
expected to be at G0 levels.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
05 Apr      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
06 Apr      Fair           Fair           Fair-poor
07 Apr      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
08 Apr      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair

COMMENT: Degraded HF propagation conditions possible on 6-7 Apr. 
Chance of shortwave fadeouts on daylight HF circuits.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
05 Apr    88

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Enhanced by 35% during local day.
      Enhanced by 60% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Enhanced by 15% during local day.
      Near predicted monthly values during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Enhanced by 20% during local day.
      Enhanced by 20% during local night.
      Enhanced by 25% after local dawn.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Enhanced by 30% during local day.
      Enhanced by 25% during local night.
      Enhanced by 25% after local dawn.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Mar      64
Apr      46
May      49

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
06 Apr    80    Near to 15% above predicted monthly values
07 Apr    60    Near predicted monthly values
08 Apr    70    Near to 15% above predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies (MUFs) on UT day 5 Apr were 
enhanced. Similar MUF conditions are expected for the next three 
days, although there may be some mild depressions on 7 Apr. Slight 
chance of shortwave fadeouts on daylight HF circuits 6-8 Apr.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 04 Apr
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   6.3E+06
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  7.4E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 8.60E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability:10%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B8.2

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 04 Apr
Speed: 481 km/sec  Density:    5.5 p/cc  Temp:   174000 K  Bz:  -2 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
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