TopBand: NOAA Propagation Forecast

[Bill Tippett]

        By popular demand (34 to 1), here's the NOAA forecast.  Many
of you commented that you pay much more attention to rapid changes in
the A and K indices than the Solar Flux Index.  The 27.5 day solar 
cycle is usually very accurate in predicting this, but I still find
the best conditions are at the onset of major flares, which is not
predictable.  As we all know, there's no substitute for listening!

                                        73,  Bill  W4ZV

P.S.  If any of you ever want to read this yourself, point your Web
Browser to gopher://gopher.sel.noaa.gov/00/weekly/27DO.txt beginning
approximately 0300 UTC on Wednesdays.

:Product: 27-day Outlook outlook.txt
:Issued: 1997 Sep 16 2111 UT
# Prepared by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center
# For a descriptive text, write to SEC or refer to our Web page.
# Web page URL:   http://www.sec.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# Twenty-seven Day Space Weather Outlook Table
#          Issued 1997 Sep 16
#
#   UT       Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
1997 Sep 17      94           8          3
1997 Sep 18      90           8          3
1997 Sep 19      86           5          2
1997 Sep 20      82           5          2      ZK1XXP (North Cooks)
1997 Sep 21      82           5          2      VK9W QRT
1997 Sep 22      84           5          2      Fall Equinox
1997 Sep 23      86           5          2
1997 Sep 24      88          15          3
1997 Sep 25      90          15          3
1997 Sep 26      92           8          3      KH7K (Kure)
1997 Sep 27      94           5          2
1997 Sep 28      96           5          2
1997 Sep 29      96           5          2
1997 Sep 30      98          10          3
1997 Oct 01     102          10          3
1997 Oct 02     106           5          2
1997 Oct 03     108           5          2
1997 Oct 04     110           5          2
1997 Oct 05     110           5          2
1997 Oct 06     110          12          3
1997 Oct 07     112          12          3
1997 Oct 08     112          10          3
1997 Oct 09     112          10          3      FH/DJ2BW
1997 Oct 10     110           8          3
1997 Oct 11     104           8          3
1997 Oct 12     100           8          3
1997 Oct 13      96          10          3

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