[Ips-dsgr] ASWFC Daily Report - 29 July 25 issued 2332 UT on 29 Jul 2025 [SEC=OFFICIAL]

Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre aswfc at bom.gov.au
Wed Jul 30 09:32:34 AEST 2025


SUBJ: ASWFC DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/29 JULY 2025
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 29 JULY AND FORECAST FOR 30 JULY - 01 AUGUST
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
ASWAS SCALE DESCRIPTION: https://bit.ly/3lmaMBx
-----------------------------------------------------------
1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 29 Jul:  R0

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 29 Jul: 152/107


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             30 Jul             31 Jul             01 Aug
Activity     R0                 R0                 R0
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN   145/99             140/94             140/94

COMMENT: Solar activity on UT day 29-Jul was at the R0 level, 
with no significant flaring activity. There are currently eight 
numbered sunspot regions visible on the solar disk and one unnumbered 
solar region near N12E85 currently rotating onto the solar disk. AR4155 
(S12W05, beta) has shown growth over the UT day and is the second 
largest sunspot region on the solar disk. All other sunspot regions 
are either stable or in decay. Solar activity is expected to 
be at the R0 level over 30-Jul to 01-Aug. S0 solar proton conditions 
were observed on UT day 29-Jul. S0 solar proton conditions are 
expected over 30-Jul to 01-Aug. No Earth-directed CMEs have been 
observed. The solar wind speed over UT day 29-Jul mildly decreased, 
ranging from 410 to 330 km/s and is currently near 370 km/s. 
The peak total interplanetary magnetic field strength (IMF, Bt) 
was 8 nT and the north-south IMF component (Bz) range was -5 
to +7 nT. The solar wind speed is expected to remain near background 
levels over 30-Jul to 01-Aug. There is a chance of a slight increase 
in the solar wind from 30-Jul due to coronal hole high speed 
wind stream effects from a northern hemisphere coronal hole.

-----------------------------------------------------------
2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 29 Jul: G0

Estimated Indices 29 Jul : A   K           
   Australian Region       4   12320000
      Cocos Island         4   22310010
      Darwin               6   23310111
      Townsville           6   13320111
      Learmonth            5   23310110
      Alice Springs        3   13210000
      Gingin               2   12210000
      Canberra             3   12220001
      Kennaook Cape Grim   5   12331000
      Hobart               4   12231000    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 29 Jul :
      Macquarie Island    11   12451000
      Casey                6   33220111
      Mawson              16   44521113

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 29 Jul : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin               0   (Quiet)
      Canberra             6   (Quiet)
      Hobart               2   (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 29 Jul : A 
           Fredericksburg         6
           Planetary              9                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 28 Jul :  A   K
           Fredericksburg         7
           Planetary              7   1112 2223     


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
30 Jul     8    G0
31 Jul     8    G0
01 Aug     6    G0

COMMENT: G0 geomagnetic conditions were observed in the Australian 
region on UT day 29-Jul. Mostly G0 geomagnetic conditions were 
observed in the Antarctic region, with an isolated period of 
G1 observed at Macquarie Island and Mawson. G0 geomagnetic conditions 
are expected over 30-Jul to 01-Aug.

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

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
30 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
31 Jul      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair
01 Aug      Normal         Normal         Normal-fair

COMMENT: HF radio propagation conditions on UT day 29-Jul were 
mostly normal, with periods of fair conditions at high latitudes. 
HF radio propagation conditions are expected to be mostly normal 
over 30-Jul to 01-Aug.

-----------------------------------------------------------
4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
29 Jul   105

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Enhanced by 20% during local day.
      Depressed by 20% during local night.
   Niue Island Region:
      Near predicted monthly values during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Mostly near predicted monthly values.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Near predicted monthly values.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Davis/Mawson):
      Near predicted monthly values over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Jun      79
Jul      104
Aug      102

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
30 Jul    95    Near predicted monthly values
31 Jul    95    Near predicted monthly values
01 Aug    95    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Maximum usable frequencies (MUFs) on UT day 29-Jul were 
near predicted monthly values in the Australian region. Spread 
F was observed at Hobart and Perth during local night hours. 
MUFs are expected to be near predicted monthly values over 30-Jul 
to 01-Aug.

-----------------------------------------------------------
5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 28 Jul
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   8.3E+05
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.6E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 7.40E+07   (normal fluence)
Electron Fluence Daily Deep Dielectric Discharge Probability: 9%
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B8.3

DSCOVR Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 28 Jul
Speed: 396 km/sec  Density:    3.1 p/cc  Temp:    50400 K  Bz:   1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
-----------------------------------------------------------

Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
ASWFC at bom.gov.au
www.bom.gov.au | www.sws.bom.gov.au



More information about the ips-dsgr mailing list