:Product: 19960225RSGA.txt :Issued: 1996 Feb 25 2200 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. # JOINT USAF/NOAA REPORT OF SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SDF NUMBER 056 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 25 FEB 1996 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 24/2100Z TO 25/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY CONTINUED VERY LOW. THE EMERGENCE OF REGION 7948 (N09W40) SLOWED. IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE AT A VERY LOW LEVEL. THERE IS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED C-CLASS FLARE FROM REGION 7948. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 24/2100Z TO 25/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS PREDOMINANTLY QUIET TO UNSETTLED. ACTIVE CONDITIONS WERE OBSERVED AT HIGH AND MID LATITUDES BETWEEN 25/0600-0900Z. ENERGETIC ELECTRON FLUXES WERE IN THE LOW TO MODERATE RANGE. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD SHOULD BE PREDOMINANTLY QUIET TO UNSETTLED FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS. ISOLATED ACTIVE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON 26 FEB. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 26 FEB-28 FEB CLASS M 01/01/01 CLASS X 01/01/01 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 25 FEB 073 PREDICTED 26 FEB-28 FEB 074/075/075 90 DAY MEAN 25 FEB 073 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 24 FEB 015/017 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 25 FEB 010/010 PREDICTED AFR/AP 26 FEB-28 FEB 010/010-008/008-008/008 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 26 FEB-28 FEB A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 10/10/10 MINOR STORM 05/05/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 10/10/10 MINOR STORM 05/05/05 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 01/01/01