Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!sunic!uunet!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!its.csiro.au!dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!metro!mippet.ci.com.au!eram!dave From: dave@esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall) Newsgroups: aus.radio,rec.radio.info Subject: Daily IPS Report - 2 Jul 93 Message-ID: <4169@eram.esi.COM.AU> Date: 2 Jul 93 01:05:21 GMT Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,aus.radio Distribution: world Lines: 81 Approved: rec-radio-info@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA Daily Solar And Geophysical Report Issued at 2330 UT 1 July 1993 Summary for 1 July and Forecast up to 4 July No IPS warning is current. ----------------------------------------------------------- 1A. SOLAR SUMMARY Activity: low Flares: none. Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 108/058 1B. SOLAR FORECAST 02 July 03 July 04 July Activity Low Low Low Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 105/054 1C. SOLAR COMMENT None. ----------------------------------------------------------- 2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : mostly quiet to unsettled, with minor storm levels 12-15UT and active levels 21-24UT. Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 30 June Learmonth 17 2233 5234 Fredericksburg 20 12 Planetary 18 11 2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST DATE Ap CONDITIONS 02 Jul 20 Quiet to unsettled, with brief active periods. 03 Jul 25 Unsettled to active. 04 Jul 10 Quiet to unsettled. 2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT None. 3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY Propagation conditions : Low Lats: fair to good. Mid Lats: fair. High Lats: poor. PCA Event : None. 3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST Propagation conditions are expected to be fair to good at low lats, fair at mid lats, and poor at high lats. 3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT None. ----------------------------------------------------------- 4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY MUFs at Sydney were enhanced by 30-50% 05-06UT and 15-17UT, and otherwise near predicted July values. T index: 86 4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST DATE T-index MUFs 02 Jul 80 Mostly near predicted july values, with sporadic enhancements of 15-30%. 03 Jul 85 Mostly near predicted july values, with sporadic enhancements of 20-40%. 04 Jul 65 Near predicted July values. Predicted Monthly T Index for July is 60. 4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT Sporadic E layer was present throughout yesterday, with blanketing from 18-19UT. Similar conditions are expected for today. -- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3 dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available