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Info-Hams Digest            Thu, 24 Mar 94       Volume 94 : Issue  324

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                    IPS Daily Report - 23 March 94

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Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 23:31:48 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!sserve!usage!metro!ipso!rwc@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: IPS Daily Report - 23 March 94
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SUBJ: IPS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 23/2330Z MARCH 1994 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE REGIONAL WARNING CENTRE (RWC), SYDNEY.
SUMMARY FOR 23 MARCH AND FORECAST UP TO 26 MARCH

No warning is current.
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 092/037

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             24 March           25 March           26 March
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 095/041

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth: quiet to unsettled, apart from active
periods 03-06 and 12-15UT.

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 22 March      
    Learmonth       16  3433 4322
    Fredericksburg  15                          17
    Planetary       18                          18       

Observed Kp for 22 March: 4323 5333


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
24 Mar    15    Quiet to unsettled.
25 Mar    10    Quiet.
26 Mar    07    Quiet.

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
None.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
             LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH 
23 Mar      normal         normal         poor-normal    
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
             LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH 
24 Mar      normal         normal         fair
25 Mar      normal         normal         fair
26 Mar      normal         normal         normal
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
NONE.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were 10 to 20% above predicted monthly values

Observed T index for 23 March:  57

Predicted Monthly T Index for March is 40.

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
24 Mar    45    Near predicted monthly values.
25 Mar    40    Near predicted monthly values.
26 Mar    40    Near predicted monthly values.


4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
Sporadic E layer was present during the local night yesterday.
Similar conditions are expected for today.
-- 
IPS Regional Warning Centre, Sydney           |IPS Radio and Space Services
email: rwc@ips.oz.au  fax: +61 2 4148331      |PO Box 5606
RWC Duty Forecaster   tel: +61 2 4148329      |West Chatswood NSW 2057
Recorded Message      tel: +61 2 4148330      |AUSTRALIA

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