[RSM] W3LPL: Mostly normal thru Sunday/7

[Art Boyars]

Have fun in NAQP CW this weekend.  (You won't need to look for K3KU -- I'll
not be QEV.) -- Art K3KU/VE4VTR

From: Frank W3LPL <donovanf at starpower.net>
To: PVRC <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>
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Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 01:04:35 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PVRC] Propagation is likely to be mostly normal through Sunday

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 and mid-latitudes is likely to be normal.

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

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.

Today's solar flux index (SFI) is 100 and expected to rise to about 112 by
Sunday. The sun’s visible disk has three active regions with 22 tiny and
medium size sunspots.
https://www.sidc.be/spaceweatherservices/applications/solarmap
160 and 80 meter propagation from North America to VK/ZL and the
south Pacific is likely to be normal. 160 and 80 meter propagation to Asia
is likely to be mostly normal.

40 meter short path propagation from North America to south Asia at about
0000Z is likely to be mostly normal. Short path propagation from
North America to east Asia after about 1000Z is likely to be mostly normal.

30 meter propagation through the auroral ovals and polar regions is likely
to be mostly normal. 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 normal. 20 meter transpolar
propagation within a few hours of sunrise and sunset is likely to be mostly
normal. Long distance 20 meter propagation during daylight hours may be
severely degraded by F1 region and sporadic-E blanketing of propagation via
the F2 region.

17 and 15 meter long distance propagation is likely to be mostly normal.

12 and 10 meter long distance propagation is likely to be mostly normal. 12
and 10 meter F2 propagation crossing northern hemisphere mid-latitudes is
likely to be poor due to seasonally depressed MUFs through late summer.
Transatlantic sporadic-E propagation remains possible especially during
mid-morning in North America.

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 mid-2022. 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 stronger 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

Solar wind parameters are likely to be mildly elevated with a declining
trend due to waning coronal hole high speed stream effects.

The geomagnetic field is likely to be mostly quiet with possible brief
unsettled periods and a chance of isolated active intervals due to waning
coronal hole high speed stream effects.

Mid-latitude northern hemisphere sunset is 23 minutes earlier and day
length is 53 minutes shorter than it was on June 21st.

Click *here* <https://www.spaceweather.gc.ca/solarflux/sx-4-en.php> for today’s
Penticton 10.7 cm solar flux index updated at 1800Z, 2000Z and 2200Z 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

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