[RSM] W3LPL: Mostly below normal thru Friday

[Art Boyars]

Two in a row! I get these in a digest.  It appears that W3LPL sends them
inthe middle of the night.  Sometimes I see them soon, and sometimes not.

I'll be QRV in ARRL 160M 'Test Saturday night.  I don't expect to work any
MB, but who knows?

73, Art K3KU/VE4VTR

From: donovanf at erols.com
To: PVRC <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>
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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 23:52:32 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [PVRC] Mostly below normal propagation is likely through Friday

My propagation forecast derived from today's NOAA/SWPC web pages
is published five days a week (M-F) in the Daily DX. All days and times in
this forecast are in UTC (Zulu) time.

Propagation crossing low latitudes is likely to be mostly normal through
Friday.

Propagation crossing mid latitudes is likely to be mostly normal with
mildly below normal intervals through Friday.

Propagation crossing the auroral ovals and polar regions is likely to be
mostly below normal through Friday.

Click *here* <https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/planetary-k-index.gif>
for today’s
latest planetary Kp Index, updated every three hours. Click *here*
<http://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html> for N0NBH’s current HF Band Conditions,
updated regularly.

The solar flux index (SFI) is likely to be about 85 through Friday. There
are three active regions on the visible disk with seven tiny to small
sunspots. https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/latest/latest_1024_0171.jpg

160 and 80 meter propagation from North America to VK/ZL and the south
Pacific is likely to be mostly normal through Friday. 160 and 80 meter
propagation from North America to Asia is likely to be mostly below normal
through Friday.

40 meter short path propagation from North America to south Asia is likely
to be mostly below normal through Friday. 40 meter short path propagation
from North America to east Asia after about 0730Z is likely to be mostly
below normal through Friday.

30 meter propagation through the auroral ovals and polar regions is likely
to be mostly below normal through Friday. 30 meter propagation is always
significantly degraded within a few hours of local noon because of E-region
blanketing of long distance F2 propagation.

20 meter daytime and evening propagation through the auroral ovals and
polar regions is likely to be mostly below normal through Friday. 20 meter
transpolar propagation within a few hours of sunrise and sunset is likely
to be mostly below normal through Friday.

17 and 15 meter long distance propagation is likely to be mostly below
normal through Friday while 12 and 10 meter long distance propagation is
likely to be significantly less reliable and shorter in duration.

Geomagnetic disturbances *caused by CME and coronal hole high* *speed
stream* effects are likely to remain mostly brief, minor and somewhat less
frequent through at least late 2021. Persistent southward orientation (-Bz)
of the north-south component of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF)
plays a *crucial but unpredictable* *role* in triggering all geomagnetic
storms. Brief minor to moderate geomagnetic storms may be gradually
triggered when the IMF persists in a southward orientation (-Bz) with IMF
field strength of about 5 nanoTeslas for several hours *coincident with* the
effects of an Earth directed *coronal hole high speed stream*. More
frequent, longer duration, minor to severe geomagnetic storms may be
triggered *suddenly* *and unpredictably *when the IMF persists in a
southward orientation (-Bz) with IMF field strength significantly greater
than 5 nanoTeslas for several hours or more *coincident with* the effects
of an Earth directed fast CME.

Real time geomagnetic data including Bz orientation and IMF field strength
are available here:
www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/geospace-geomagnetic-activity-plot

The solar wind is likely to be strengthened by coronal hole high speed
stream enhancements through Friday and a possible glancing blow by a CME on
Friday

The geomagnetic field is likely to mostly unsettled with active intervals
through Friday caused by coronal hole high speed stream enhancements and a
possible glancing blow by a CME on Friday.

Mid-latitude northern hemisphere sunset is 79 minutes earlier and daylength
is 151 minutes shorter than it was on September 22nd. Daytime ionization
and residual nighttime ionization in the northern polar region is very
low due to polar night effects.

Click *here* <https://www.spaceweather.gc.ca/solarflux/sx-4-en.php> for today’s
Penticton 10.7 cm solar flux index updated at 1700Z, 2000Z and 2300Z daily.
Click *here*
<https://spaceweather.gfz-potsdam.de/fileadmin/ruggero/Kp_forecast/forecast_figures/KP_FORECAST_CURRENT.png>
for today’s
three-day GFZ Planetary K Index forecast updated every three hours. Click
*here* <http://sidc.oma.be/products/meu/> for today's SIDC Daily Bulletin
on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity updated at 1230Z daily. Click *here*
<https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/forecast-discussion> for today's SWPC
Solar Activity Forecast Discussion updated at 0030Z and 1230Z daily. Click
*here* <https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Space_Weather/1/1> for today's
Australian Space Forecast Centre Summary and Forecast updated at 2330Z
daily.

Perhaps the most useful HF propagation pages for DXers can be found at:
http://dx.qsl.net/propagation and http://www.solarham.net