[RSM] W3LPL: Mostly normal thru Tuesday/9

[Art Boyars]

From: Frank W3LPL <donovanf at starpower.net>
To: PVRC <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>
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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 02:51:59 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [PVRC] Propagation is likely to be mostly normal through Tuesday

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 normal.
Propagation crossing mid-latitudes is likely to be mostly normal.

Propagation crossing the auroral ovals and polar regions is likely to be
mostly normal with possible below normal intervals

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 1116 and expected to rise to about 112 by
Tuesday. The sun’s visible disk has seven active regions with 17 mostly
tiny 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 with possible below normal intervals.

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

30 meter propagation through the auroral ovals and polar regions is likely
to be mostly normal with possible below normal intervals. 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 with possible below normal
intervals. 20 meter transpolar propagation within a few hours of sunrise
and sunset is likely to be mostly normal with possible below normal
intervals. 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
with possible below normal intervals.

12 and 10 meter long distance propagation is likely to be mostly normal
with possible below normal intervals. 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 from mid-morning to mid-afternoon 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 strongly elevated due to the effects
of  multiple coronal hole high speed streams.

The geomagnetic field is likely to be mostly unsettled to active with a
chance of isolated minor storm conditions due to the effects of  multiple
coronal hole high speed streams.

Mid-latitude northern hemisphere sunset is 25 minutes earlier and day
length is 57 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