:Product: 19960306RSGA.txt :Issued: 1996 Mar 06 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 066 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 06 MAR 1996 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 05/2100Z TO 06/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS VERY LOW. TWO NEW REGIONS WERE NUMBERED TODAY, 7950 (AXX, N09W64) AND 7951 (BXO, S02E02). IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY LOW, WITH A 25 PROBABILITY OF A C-CLASS EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH REGION 7951 DURING THE NEXT THREE DAYS. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY FROM 05/2100Z TO 06/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD HAS BEEN AT MOSTLY QUIET LEVELS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS, WITH A SINGLE UNSETTLED INTERVAL RECORDED AT HIGH LATITUDES. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS, AND THEN MOSTLY UNSETTLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 07 MAR-09 MAR CLASS M 01/01/01 CLASS X 01/01/01 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 06 MAR 069 PREDICTED 07 MAR-09 MAR 070/070/070 90 DAY MEAN 06 MAR 072 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 05 MAR 006/006 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 06 MAR 005/005 PREDICTED AFR/AP 07 MAR-09 MAR 010/005-010/008-010/010 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 07 MAR-09 MAR A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 15/20/20 MINOR STORM 10/15/15 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 05/05/05 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 20/25/25 MINOR STORM 10/15/15 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 05/05/05