[ips-sf] IPS Summary Forecast for 19 May - issued 2331UT/18-May-2016 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Solar X-ray flare activity was very low (a single weak B class flare)
during 18 May UT and it is expected to remain very low to low during
the next 2 days. Coronal Hole (CH) 735 spans the solar equator and
connects to a large Northern polar coronal hole. Coronal Holes are the
source of fast solar wind. CH 735 has almost rotated into a
geoeffective location. There is the possibility of a minor geomagnetic
storm (Kp=5) during 20 May due to the arrival of the frontal
disturbance ahead of fast wind emanating from CH 735. An aurora watch
has not been issued because the Moon is waxing toward full. The solar
wind speed has dropped to below 450 km/s and it may start to increase
again late today. Conditions for HF radio wave propagation are
expected to be mildly depressed to near normal today, 19 May UT.

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